Anne Vallely

Gebundenes Buch

Guardians of the Transcendent

An Ethnography of a Jjain Ascetic Community

Beschreibung

Explores the many facets of what constitutes a moral life within the Terapanthi Svetambar Jain ascetic community, and examines the central role ascetics play in upholding the Jain moral order.

Autor

Anne Vallely is a part-time lecturer in the Departments of Anthropology and Religion at Concordia University, and in the Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 159mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9780802035455
• ISBN-10: 0802035450
• Artikelnr.: 22433721