Yoga and Viyoga: Simple Religion in Hinduism
As the comparative study of religion has advanced in recent years, one of its most salutary effects has been the qualification, if not the removal, of old caricatures about other people's religions. It is increasingly recognized that only distance and ignorance make religious traditions seem ho...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1981
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Harvard theological review
Year: 1981, Volume: 74, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-20 |
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| Summary: | As the comparative study of religion has advanced in recent years, one of its most salutary effects has been the qualification, if not the removal, of old caricatures about other people's religions. It is increasingly recognized that only distance and ignorance make religious traditions seem homogeneous entities, and that the tensions they encompass within themselves are often at least as extreme as the gulfs that separate one tradition from another. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4517 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0017816000028492 |