| Religion and Time Contributor(s): Balslev (Editor), Mohanty (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004095837 ISBN-13: 9789004095830 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $160.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1992 Annotation: The essays in this volume, all freshly written for this purpose, focus on the concept of time in the major religious traditions. Two essays prepare the methodological grounds -- by elaborating the phenomenological and existential conceptions of time and their religious significance. The theme of time, so central to the religious point of view, offers a focal point for fruitful interreligious dialogue. The essays also demonstrate that the complexities of the understanding of time in any religious tradition no longer permit the use of familiar but outdated clichis. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Religion | History |
| Dewey: 291.2 |
| LCCN: 92008119 |
| Series: Studies in the History of Religions, Supplements to Numen |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.48" W x 9.5" (1.19 lbs) 210 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The essays in this volume, all freshly written for this purpose, focus on the concept of time in the major religious traditions. Two essays prepare the methodological grounds -- by elaborating the phenomenological and existential conceptions of time and their religious significance. The theme of time, so central to the religious point of view, offers a focal point for fruitful interreligious dialogue. The essays also demonstrate that the complexities of the understanding of time in any religious tradition no longer permit the use of familiar but outdated clich s. |