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- Images in Asian Religions: Text and Contexts
- Book
- 2007
- Published by: University of British Columbia Press
summary
This collection offers a challenge to any simple understanding of the role of images by looking at aspects of the reception of image worship that have only begun to be studied, including the many hesitations that Asian religious traditions expressed about image worship. Written by eminent scholars of anthropology, art history, and religion with interests in different regions (India, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia), this volume takes a fresh look at the many ways in which images were defined and received in Asian religions.
Buddha Dharma Kyokai Foundation Book on Buddhism and Comparative Religion
Table of Contents
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- Contributors
- pp. vii-viii
- Acknowledgements
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-16
- Part 1: Defining Images: The Sacred Objects of Indian Religions
- Part 2: Images and the Elite Intellectual Culture: Accommodations and Ambiguities
- Part 3: Re-creating the Context of Image Worship: Four Case Studies
- 10. Ritual and Image at Angkor Wat
- pp. 346-366
Additional Information
ISBN
9780774851107
MARC Record
OCLC
75972811
Pages
396
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No