Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
302
Language
English
Published
Jan 28, 2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0511261799
ISBN-13
9780511261794
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.
Genres
Religion & Spirituality