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Framing the Jina

Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History

By: John Cort

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Framing the Jina

Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History

By: John Cort

John Cort explores the narratives by which the Jains have explained the presence of icons of Jinas (their enlightened and liberated teachers) that are worshiped and venerated in the hundreds of thousands of Jain temples throughout India. Most of these narratives portray icons favorably, and so justify their existence; but there are also narratives originating among iconoclastic Jain communities that see the existence of temple icons as a sign of decay and corruption. The veneration of Jina icons is one of the most widespread of all Jain ritual practices. Nearly every Jain community in India has one or more elaborate temples, and as the Jains become a global community there are now dozens of temples in North America, Europe, Africa, and East Asia. The cult of temples and icons goes back at least two thousand years, and indeed the largest of the four main subdivisions of the Jains are called Murtipujakas, or "Icon Worshipers." A careful reading of narratives ranging over the past 15 centuries, says Cort, reveals a level of anxiety and defensiveness concerning icons, although overt criticism of the icons only became explicit in the last 500 years. He provides detailed studies of the most important pro- and anti-icon narratives. Some are in the form of histories of the origins and spread of icons. Others take the form of cosmological descriptions, depicting a vast universe filled with eternal Jain icons. Finally, Cort looks at more psychological explanations of the presence of icons, in which icons are defended as necessary spiritual corollaries to the very fact of human embodiedness.

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Oxford University Press

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0195385020

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Jains in the World

Religious Values and Ideology in India

By: John E. Cort

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Jains in the World

Religious Values and Ideology in India

By: John E. Cort

Based on field research in northern Gujarat as well as on the study of both ancient Sanskrit and modern vernacular religious literature, John Cort gives a rounded portrait of how the religion of Jainism is practised today.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195132343

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Jains in the World

Religious Values and Ideology in India

By: John E. Cort

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Religious Values and Ideology in India

By: John E. Cort

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." --Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies "Jains in the World 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 dialectic of Jain thought and in contemporary Jain praxis." --International Journal of Hindu Studies "A 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." --Journal of the American Oriental Society "A 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."--History of Religions "An 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 Jains in the World will doubtless prove to be a fundamental turning point in the development of Jaina studies."-- The Journal of Religion This 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 it is practiced today.

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Oxford University Press

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0198030371

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Puja and Piety

Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist Art from the Indian Subcontinent

By: Pratapaditya Pal,Stephen P. Huyler,John E. Cort,Christian Luczanits,Debashish Banerji

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Puja and Piety

Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist Art from the Indian Subcontinent

By: Pratapaditya Pal,Stephen P. Huyler,John E. Cort,Christian Luczanits,Debashish Banerji

Accompanies the exhibition presented at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, April 17-July 31, 2016.

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Univ of California Press

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0520288475

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9780520288478

Foundations of Cognitive Processes

By: Robert W. Thatcher,E. Roy John

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Foundations of Cognitive Processes

By: Robert W. Thatcher,E. Roy John

Originally published in 1977, this title describes the basic structure and function of the brain, as well as the highest cognitive functions, using data from various disciplines to detail ways in which behaviorally relevant functions are mediated by the neural systems. Among the topics discussed are the neurophysiology of emotion, the chemical basis of memory, daily subjective experience and psychopathology, and information representation. A major purpose of this volume was to provide the student not only with a sound foundation in functional neuroscience, but also to equip them with a detailed understanding of how these facts and methods can be applied to clinical problems.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000397785

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Contributions to the Theory of Partial Differential Equations. (AM-33), Volume 33

By: Lipman Bers,Salomon Bochner Trust,Fritz John

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Contributions to the Theory of Partial Differential Equations. (AM-33), Volume 33

By: Lipman Bers,Salomon Bochner Trust,Fritz John

The description for this book, Contributions to the Theory of Partial Differential Equations. (AM-33), Volume 33, will be forthcoming.

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Princeton University Press

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1400882184

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Screen World, 1988

By: John Willis

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Screen World, 1988

By: John Willis

This authoritative guide to the 1987 movie season offers complete listings of the credits for every film along with speical biographical notes on selected individuals. More than 1,000 black-and-white photographs.

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Crown

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0517569639

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Journal of the Life and Religious Labours of John Comly, Late of Byberry, Pennsylvania

By: John Comly

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Journal of the Life and Religious Labours of John Comly, Late of Byberry, Pennsylvania

By: John Comly

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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053011271X

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Framing the Jina

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Jains in the World

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Puja and Piety

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Foundations of Cognitive Processes

Foundations of Cognitive Processes

Contributions to the Theory of Partial Differential Equations. (AM-33), Volume 33

Contributions to the Theory of Partial Differential Equations. (AM-33), Volume 33

Screen World, 1988

Screen World, 1988

Journal of the Life and Religious Labours of John Comly, Late of Byberry, Pennsylvania

Journal of the Life and Religious Labours of John Comly, Late of Byberry, Pennsylvania

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