John E. Cort

Broschiertes Buch

Jains in the World

Religious Values and Ideology in India

Beschreibung

This book presents a detailed fieldwork-based study of the ancient Indian religion of Jainism. Drawing on field research in northern Gujarat and on the study of both ancient Sanskrit and Prakrit and modern vernacular Jain religious literature, John Cort provides a rounded portrait of the religion as it is practiced today.

Autor

Professor and Director of the Department of Religion at Denison University. Author of Framing the Jina (November 2009; 218 copies)

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9780199796649
• ISBN-10: 0199796645
• Artikelnr.: 33253935