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12%OFF. Ed(S): Granoff, Phyllis; Shinohara, Koichi - Images in Asian Religions: Text and Contexts (Asian Religions and Society) - 9780774809498 - V9780774809498
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Images in Asian Religions: Text and Contexts (Asian Religions and Society)

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Description for Images in Asian Religions: Text and Contexts (Asian Religions and Society) paperback. A comprehensive and balanced look at the role of images in Asian religions, which examines aspects of the reception of image worship that have only begun to be studied. Editor(s): Granoff, Phyllis; Shinohara, Koichi. Series: Asian Religions and Society. Num Pages: 396 pages, 60 b/w photos, 12 charts. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FM; 1FPC; 1FPJ; HRE; HRG; HRLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 544.

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The study of images in Asian religions has tended to emphasize thecentrality of image worship in both Hinduism and Buddhism. Images inAsian Religions offers a challenge to any simple understanding of therole of images by looking at aspects of the reception of image worshipthat have only begun to be studied, including the many hesitations thatAsian religious traditions expressed about image ... Read more

Written by eminent scholars of anthropology, art history, andreligion with interests in different regions (India, China, Japan, andSoutheast Asia), this volume takes a fresh look at the many ways inwhich images were defined and received in Asian religions. Areasaddressed include the complex, fluid, and contested nature of thereligious image; the reception of images within the intellectualculture of Hinduism and Buddhism; and the importance of historical andcultural context in the study of religious images.

This compelling collection, demonstrating the range of debate overpractices of image worship, will expand our appreciation of the objectsthat serve, for many, as supports of divine presence. Of primaryinterest to scholars of Asian religions, it will also appeal to arthistorians, anthropologists, semioticians, and students of religion whoconcern themselves with images, icons, and material culture.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
UBC Press Canada
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Series
Asian Religions and Society
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774809498
SKU
V9780774809498
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About . Ed(S): Granoff, Phyllis; Shinohara, Koichi
Phyllis Granoff and Koichi Shinoharaare both professors in the Department of Religious Studies at YaleUniversity.

Reviews for Images in Asian Religions: Text and Contexts (Asian Religions and Society)
The essays are uniformly informative and well written. All of the essays in this collection are well-written and insightful. They certainly fulfill their mandate of dealing with images in Asian religions.
Alexander Soucy, St. Mary’s University
Studies in Religion, 34/3-4, 2005

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