Open Boundaries provides a new perspective on Jainism, one of the oldest yet least-studied of the world's living religions. Ten closely-focused studies investigate the interactions between Jains and non-Jains in South Asian society, with detailed studies of yoga, tantra, aesthetic theory, erotic poetry, theories of kingship, goddess worship, temple ritual, polemical poetry, religious women, and historiography. Viewing the Jains within a South Asian context results in a strikingly different portrait from the standard models represented in both traditional Western and Indian scholarship.
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John E. Cort is Associate Professor of Religion at Denison University.
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- Theories of the Gift in South Asia: Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain Reflections on Dana (Religion in History, Society and Culture) by Maria Heim in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Imagining a Place for Buddhism: Literary Culture and Religious Community in Tamil-Speaking South India by Anne E. Monius in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Samadhi: The Numinous And Cessative in Indo-tibetan Yoga (S U N Y Series in Religious Studies) by Stuart Ray Sarbacker in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Faces of the Feminine in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern India by Mandakranta Bose on page 144, and page 146
- Yoga: The Indian Tradition by David Carpenter in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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