ポスト汎神論から超物質主義へ―鈴木大拙と新仏教―, 2020 Bucknell University
ポスト汎神論から超物質主義へ―鈴木大拙と新仏教―, James Mark Shields
Faculty Contributions to Books
In modern Western thought, pantheism remains a powerful if controversial undercurrent. Recent re-evaluations of the work of Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) point to pantheism’s radical implications for metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and politics. Pantheism (Jp. hanshinron 汎神論) also has significant valence within Japanese Buddhist modernism, particularly in the work of scholars and lay activists who articulated the outlines of a New Buddhism (shin bukkyō 新仏教) from the 1880s through the 1940s. For these thinkers, pantheism provided a “middle way” between materialism and idealism, as well as between theism and atheism. In the postwar period, lapsed radical turned Buddhist Sano Manabu …
The Mischaracterization Of The Pakhtun-Islamic Peace Culture Created By Abdul Ghaffar Khan And The Khudai Khidmatgars, 2020 Australian National University
The Mischaracterization Of The Pakhtun-Islamic Peace Culture Created By Abdul Ghaffar Khan And The Khudai Khidmatgars, Shelini Harris
The Journal of Social Encounters
Abdul Ghaffar Khan and his Khudai Khidmatgar Movement, whose peace activities included nonviolent resistance to British rule in India, have remained relatively unknown despite the magnitude of their achievement and significance (100,000 strong peace army). Even among appreciative peace scholars their nonviolence has been mischaracterized as an adoption of Gandhi’s teachings; Khan is referred to as the Muslim Gandhi. I argue that this is due to a reliance on biased colonial sources, concomitant racist characterization of the Pakhtuns and Islam, and an insufficient understanding of violence. I illustrate how this movement’s motivation and inspiration were deeply rooted in Pakhtun culture …
Review: The Future Of Social Work: Seven Pillars Of Practice By Brij Mohan. 2018: Sage Publications, 184 Pp. (Hardcover), Isbn: 9789352806256., 2020 Associate Professor, Intermediate College for Security Studies, AL-Istiqlal University, Jericho/ Palestine.
Review: The Future Of Social Work: Seven Pillars Of Practice By Brij Mohan. 2018: Sage Publications, 184 Pp. (Hardcover), Isbn: 9789352806256., Qusai A. Ibrahim
International Journal of Indic Religions
No abstract provided.
New Perspectives On Jain Architecture And Sculpture At Sravana Belagola, 2020 Soka University
New Perspectives On Jain Architecture And Sculpture At Sravana Belagola, Nalini Rao
International Journal of Indic Religions
No abstract provided.
From Vaiṣṇavas To Hindus: The Redefinition Of The Vallabha Sampraday In The Late Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Centuries, 2020 Shawnee State University
From Vaiṣṇavas To Hindus: The Redefinition Of The Vallabha Sampraday In The Late Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Centuries, Shandip Saha
International Journal of Indic Religions
No abstract provided.
“In Their Lord’S Great Need”: A Succession Myth In The Rāmāyaṇa And Beowulf, 2020 Illinois Institute of Technology
“In Their Lord’S Great Need”: A Succession Myth In The Rāmāyaṇa And Beowulf, Karl E.H Seigfried
International Journal of Indic Religions
No abstract provided.
Investigation Of The "Cultural Appropriation" Of Yoga, 2020 Bowling Green State University
Investigation Of The "Cultural Appropriation" Of Yoga, Olivia Bartholomew
Honors Projects
With our world becoming increasingly globalized and cosmopolitan, practices that were once very traditional and spiritual are much different when they confront Western societies. Many yoga instructors and practitioners around the world are concerned about the issue of cultural appropriation within their practice. The researcher defines cultural appropriation to mean the process of a dominant culture manipulating aspects of a marginalized culture for its benefit. Traditionally, yoga comes from India, but it has become popularized throughout the world in our recent human history. Through interviews with nine yoga instructors, each from different yogic traditions, who teach in a variety of …
Savoring The Moon: Japanese Prints Of The Floating World, 2020 James Madison University
Savoring The Moon: Japanese Prints Of The Floating World, Madison B. Dalton
Senior Honors Projects, 2020-current
Guided by the Director of the Madison Art Collection and Lisanby Museum, Virginia Soenksen,I served as the Curatorial Assistant for the Lisanby Museum’s forthcoming exhibition Savoring the Moon: Japanese Prints of the Floating World. The exhibition will highlight the Madison ArtCollection’s impressive Japanese woodblock prints in the ukiyo-e style. Ukiyo-e translates to“pictures of the floating world.” This style proliferated in Japan during the Edo period (1603 - 1868) and Meiji period (1868 - 1912), with visual themes that ranged from flora and fauna, Japanese ceremonies, kabuki actors, mythology, courtesans, and cultural pastimes. The estate of Charles Alvin Lisanby gifted over …
Islamic Revivalism And Democracy In Malaysia, 2020 University of Denver
Islamic Revivalism And Democracy In Malaysia, Ashton Word, Ahmed Abd Rabou
DU Undergraduate Research Journal Archive
The paper examines democracy and secularism in Malaysia, a state rooted in Islam, and how it has been implemented in a country with a majority Muslim population. It briefly outlines how Islam was brought to the region and how British colonialism was able to implement secularism and democratic practices in such a way that religion was not wholeheartedly erased. Indeed, peaceful decolonization combined with a history of accommodating elites served to promote a newly independent Malaysia, to create a constitutional democracy which declares Islam as the religion of the Federation, and simultaneously religious freedom. Despite the constitution, the United Malays …
Mysticism And Syncretism On The Island Of Java, 2020 SIT Study Abroad
Mysticism And Syncretism On The Island Of Java, Ryan Smith
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
On the Indonesian island of Java, there is a religious tradition referred to as Kebatinan, which can be seen as the mystical branch of the indigenous religion of Java called Kejawen. However, unlike the mystical traditions of other religions, mysticism is critical to the entire popular practice of Kejawen and is not simply reserved for a select few. There are, on the other hand, a select number of people who fully understand the philosophical notions associated with Kebatinan and so can still be considered the “mystics” of the Kejawen faith. What these principles of mysticism have ultimately manifested as in …
The Others (2001) By Alejandro Amenábar In The Light Of Valentinian Thought, 2020 Jagiellonian University, Cracow and the University of Groningen
The Others (2001) By Alejandro Amenábar In The Light Of Valentinian Thought, Fryderyk Kwiatkowski
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
The article offers a Valentinian interpretation of the Hollywood film The Others (2001). A particular attention is paid to the ways in which cinematic motifs and narrative elements of the film draw on myths, ideas and symbolic imagery present in Valentinian works, especially in the Gospel of Truth (NHC I, 3) and the Gospel of Philip (NHC II, 3). In the course of the heuristic analysis, the paper argues that although the film employs Valentinian ideas, it depicts different understanding of the world. This issue is addressed in the last part of the article by situating the film within broader …
Gomyō And Kūkai In Early-Heian Intra-Buddhist Conversations, 2020 Coastal Carolina University
Gomyō And Kūkai In Early-Heian Intra-Buddhist Conversations, Ronald S. Green
Philosophy and Religious Studies
This paper is about the relationship between the famous Japanese esoteric Buddhist Kūkai and the less-famous Gomyō, who you've probably never heard of but maybe should have. My paper responds to the work of two recent scholars, Fujii Jun, who says that Kūkai was a Sanron (Japanese Mādhyamika) priest, and Matsumoto Gyoyu, who speculates about the origins of and thinking behind certain passages in Kūkai's Jūjūshinron. The paper points to the intellectual significance for Kūkai of his close relationship with Gomyō and other Yogācāra scholars of his day, and how this is reflected in the Jūjūshinron and Kūkai's thought broadly. …
Zen Terror In Prewar Japan: Portrait Of An Assassin, 2020 Bucknell University
Zen Terror In Prewar Japan: Portrait Of An Assassin, Brian Victoria, James Shields
Faculty Contributions to Books
No abstract provided.
Daniel 11 Decoded: An Exegetical, Historical, And Theological Study [Review] / Doukhan, Jacques., 2020 Andrews University
Daniel 11 Decoded: An Exegetical, Historical, And Theological Study [Review] / Doukhan, Jacques., Roy Gane
Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)
Book Review
A Stratigraphic Analysis Of The Middle Bronze Age From The Tell Taanach Excavations In 1963, ‘66 And ‘68, 2020 Andrews University
A Stratigraphic Analysis Of The Middle Bronze Age From The Tell Taanach Excavations In 1963, ‘66 And ‘68, Ronald H. Wakeman
Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)
Dissertation Abstract
The Function Of Military Language In The Feeding Of The Five Thousand Narrative (Mark 6:30–44): A Narrative-Cognitive Study, 2020 Andrews University
The Function Of Military Language In The Feeding Of The Five Thousand Narrative (Mark 6:30–44): A Narrative-Cognitive Study, Oleg Kostuyk
Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)
Dissertation Abstract
Salvation: Contours Of Adventist Soteriology [Review] / Martin F. Hanna, Darius W. Jankiewicz, And John W. Reeve, Eds., 2020 Andrews University
Salvation: Contours Of Adventist Soteriology [Review] / Martin F. Hanna, Darius W. Jankiewicz, And John W. Reeve, Eds., Stephen Bauer
Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)
Book Review
A Week In The Life Of A Greco-Roman Woman [Review] / Beers, Holly., 2020 Andrews University
A Week In The Life Of A Greco-Roman Woman [Review] / Beers, Holly., Carina O. Prestes
Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)
Book Review
Table Of Contents, 2020 Andrews University
Bearing God’S Name: Why Sinai Still Matters [Review] / Imes, Carmen Joy. Foreword By J. H. Wright., 2020 Andrews University
Bearing God’S Name: Why Sinai Still Matters [Review] / Imes, Carmen Joy. Foreword By J. H. Wright., Jo Ann Davidson
Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)
Book Review