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Absent Lord: Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture Volume 8 Paperback - 1996
by Lawrence A. Babb
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Absent Lord sheds light on a little-known religious tradition and demonstrates that divine 'absence' can be as rich as divine 'presence' in its possibilities for informing a religious response to the cosmos.
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- Title Absent Lord: Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture Volume 8
- Author Lawrence A. Babb
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Thus
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 1996-08-01
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780520203242 / 0520203240
- Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6.06 x 0.62 in (22.86 x 15.39 x 1.57 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Cultural Region: Indian
- Religious Orientation: Buddhist
- Religious Orientation: Hindu
- Religious Orientation: Islamic
- Library of Congress subjects Jainism - Rituals, Religious life - Jainism
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95035643
- Dewey Decimal Code 294.5
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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. 244 pp, 8vo (9" H). "What does it mean to worship beings that one believes are completely indifferent to, and entirely beyond the reach of, any form of worship whatsoever? What are the implications of such a relationship with sacred beings for the religious life of a community? Using these questions as his point of departure, Babb explores the ritual culture of image-worshiping Svetambar Jains. Jainism is, aside from Buddhism, the only surviving example of India's ancient non-Vedic religious traditions. It is known and celebrated for its systematic practice of non-violence and for the rigor of the asceticism it promotes. 'Absent Lords' sheds light on a little-known religious tradition and demonstrates that divine 'absence' can be as rich as divine 'presence' in its possibilities for informing a religious response to the cosmos." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light…
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