List of modern writers on Eastern religions
Classification
This East-West religious distinction, just as with the East-West culture distinction, and the implications that arise from it, are broad and not precise. Furthermore, the geographical distinction has less meaning in the current context of global transculturation.
While many
According to Adams, Indian religions
[include] early Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism, and sometimes also Theravāda Buddhism and the Hindu- and Buddhist-inspired religions of South and Southeast Asia.[web 1]
According to Adams, Far Eastern religions
[comprise] the religious communities of China, Japan, and Korea, and consisting of Confucianism, Taoism, Mahāyāna (“Greater Vehicle”) Buddhism, and Shintō.[web 1]
Modern
Modernisation
Modernisation refers to a model of an evolutionary transition from a 'pre-modern' or 'traditional' to a 'modern'
Historians link modernization to the processes of
Mutual cultural exchange
Since the late 18th century, an intensive exchange of cultural and religious ideas has been taking place between Asian and western cultures, changing and shaping both cultural hemispheres.
Jainism
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Categories
Buddhism
See also
Articles
- Buddhism and eastern religions
Categories
Hinduism
See also
Articles
Categories
- Hindu writers
- Indian spiritual writers
- Indian Hindus
- Hindu gurus
- Hindu saints
- Advaitin philosophers
- Indian philosophers
Sikhism
See also
Categories
Sant Mat (India)
- Shiv Dayal Singh
- Hazur Rai Saligram Bahadur
- Maharishi Shiv Brat Lal
- Param Sant Kanwar Saheb
- Maharshi Mehi Paramhans
- Jaimal Singh
- Kirpal Singh
- Sirio Carrapa
- Rajinder Singh
Confucianism
Taoism
Western influences
A broad range of western movements have been influenced by, or influenced, eastern cultures and religions.[
See also
References
Notes
- ^ Morgan 2001, p. 9-11.
- ^ Brugger & Hannan 1983, p. 1–3.
- ^ Dixon 1999, p. 1–4.
- ^ Kendall 2007, p. 11.
- ^ a b McMahan 2008.
- ^ Michaels 2004.
- ^ Sharf 1993.
- ^ Sharf 1995b.
- ^ Gombrich 1996.
- ^ King 2002.
Printed sources
- Brugger, Bill; Hannan, Kate (1983), Modernization and revolution, Routledge, ISBN 0-7099-0695-1
- Dixon, Simon M. (1999), The modernisation of Russia, 1676-1825, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-37961-X
- Gombrich, Richard F. (1996), Theravada Buddhism. A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo, London and New York: Routledge
- Kendall, Diana (2007), Sociology in Our Times
- King, Richard (2002), Orientalism and Religion: Post-Colonial Theory, India and "The Mystic East", Routledge
- McMahan, David L. (2008), The Making of Buddhist Modernism, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780195183276
- Michaels, Axel (2004), Hinduism. Past and present, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press
- Morgan, Diane (2001), The Best Guide to Eastern Philosophy and Religion, St. Martin's Griffin, ISBN 1-58063-197-5
- Sharf, Robert H. (August 1993), "The Zen of Japanese Nationalism", History of Religions, 33 (1): 1–43
- Sharf, Robert H. (1995a), Whose Zen? Zen Nationalism Revisited (PDF)
- Sharf, Robert H. (1995b), "Buddhist Modernism and the Rhetoric of Meditative Experience" (PDF), NUMEN, 42, archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-12, retrieved 2013-05-15
- Sharf, Robert H. (1995c), "Sanbokyodan. Zen and the Way of the New Religions" (PDF), Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 22 (3–4)
- Sharf, Robert H. (2000), "The Rhetoric of Experience and the Study of Religion" (PDF), Journal of Consciousness Studies, 7 (11–12): 267–87, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-13, retrieved 2013-05-15
Web sources
Further reading
- Nakamura, Hajime (1991), Ways of Thinking of Eastern Peoples: India, China, Tibet, Japan, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited
