{"product_id":"jains-in-the-world-religious-values-and-ideology-in-india-9780199796649","title":"Jains in the World: Religious Values and Ideology in India","description":"There is no doubt that the wealth of new data and ideas offered in this exquisite book provides the deepest insights yet into the contemporary religious world of Jain laity. It will serve for some time as a paradigmatic monograph for future empirical studies of Jain religious life.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eBulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eJains in the World\u003c\/em\u003e is a significant and welcome ethnography of contemporary Jains in western India by the most prominent scholar of Jainism in North America. This book is a must for scholars of South Asian religions and will provide scholars of Hindu traditions fine grounding both in a central\u003cbr\u003edialectic of Jain thought and in contemporary Jain praxis. --\u003cem\u003eInternational Journal of Hindu Studies\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA valuable addition to the literature on Jainism as a living faith. Since it has the additional merits of being clearly written, attractively illustrated, and free of unnecessary theoretical baggage, it should serve as a good introduction to this tradition for college students. --\u003cem\u003eJournal of the\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Oriental Society\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA must-read for understanding, by and large, the ritual world of the Jains. He has succeeded in proving that the concept of well-being is as central to the Jains' moral universe as their more entrenched pursuit of the goal of liberation of soul from karmic bondage.--\u003cem\u003eHistory of Religions\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn essential read for students and scholars of Jainism. . . . it identifies and defines a realm of value in Jainism strongly alluded to by recent scholarship, but which, until now, had not been explicitly stated. For this reason \u003cem\u003eJains in the World\u003c\/em\u003e will doubtless prove to be a fundamental turning\u003cbr\u003epoint in the development of Jaina studies.-- \u003cem\u003eThe Journal of Religion\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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\u003cbr\u003eit is practiced today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John E. Cort\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199796649\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessor and Director of the Department of Religion at Denison University. Author of \u003cem\u003eFraming the Jina\u003c\/em\u003e (November 2009; 218 copies)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39937659535475,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":43.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_343d5f83-bae1-4e5a-b42d-0e1816874770.jpg?v=1647995164","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/jains-in-the-world-religious-values-and-ideology-in-india-9780199796649","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}