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Leiden: Brill, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. near fine. Octavo. vi, (2), 387, (1)pp. Index. Pictorial buckram with lilac/gray spine lettered in white. Illustrated with 6 text photos. A fine but ex-library copy (with minimal markings; i.e. rubber stamps on title page & bottom of text block). Note: Proceedings of a conference held in the fall of 2010 at Yale University. Asian religious traditions have always been deeply concerned with "sins" and what to do about them. As the essays in this volume illustrate, what Buddhists in Tibet, India, China or Japan, what Jains, Daoists, Hindus or Sikhs considered to be a "sin" was neither one thing, nor exactly what the Abrahamic traditions meant by the term. "Sins" could be both undesirable behavior and unacceptable thoughts. In different contexts, at different times and places, a sin might be a ritual infraction or a violation of a rule of law; it could be a moral failing or a wrong belief. However defined, sins were considered so grave a hindrance to…
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Sins and Sinners: Perspectives from Asian Religions Hardcover - 2012
by Phyllis Granoff (Volume Editor); Koichi Shinohara (Volume Editor)
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- Title Sins and Sinners: Perspectives from Asian Religions
- Author Phyllis Granoff (Volume Editor); Koichi Shinohara (Volume Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 396
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Brill
- Date 2012
- ISBN 9789004229464 / 9004229469
- Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
- Dimensions 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.9 in (23.88 x 16.00 x 2.29 cm)
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- Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian - General
- Religious Orientation: Buddhist
- Religious Orientation: Hindu
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012017165
- Dewey Decimal Code 202.2
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