Description
Focusing on Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism, this book argues that asceticism must be understood within the boundaries of tradition. It exemplifies a completely new paradigm for comparative religion which seeks to avoid a problematic universalism on the one hand and an area-specific relativism on the other. The volume's original contribution to methodology will be influential in the future development of comparative religious studies.
Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
302 pages
Language
English
Published
Jan 28, 2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Editions
3 editions
ISBN-10
0511261799
ISBN-13
9780511261794