TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nadeau, Randall L
AU  - Nadeau,Randall L
TI  - Asian Religions:  A Cultural Perspective
SN  - 9781118471968
U1  - SS50 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - U K
PB  - Wiley Blackwell
N1  - includes index and biblioraphy; 1. Introductory Material ....1  Religion........3  Language.....11  2. The confucian Tradition ...19  Defining religion : The confucian Response ..21  The religious dimensions of Confucianism ..........28  The self as a Center of Relationships....36  Learning to be human ........44  The lasting influence of Confucianism in Modern east Asia ......51  The taoist Tradition ......59  What is taoism .61  Philosophical Taoism .................68  Temporal Dimensions of Yin-Yang Cosmology ....76  Spatital Dimensions of Yin - Yang Cosmology .......82  Personal Dimensions of yin-Yang Cosmology .............90  Taoism as a Global Religious Phenomenon..96  4. The hindu Tradition ......103  What is Hinduism?.........105  Karma-marga.............111  Jnana-Marga ........117  BHakti-Marga ..........123  Hinduism in the Modern world ...........133  The Theravada Buddhist Tradition .......139  Buddhism and the bddha ....141  Suffering and its cause ........149  The fruits of Meditation ...........164  Monastic Practice .............171  The Mahayana Buddhist Tradition ....179  Faith ....181  Principles of Zen buddhism ....189  Buddhism as a Global Religion ......199  Japanese Religions ......207  Japanese religion and culture ......209  Shrine shinto : Dimensions of Sacred Time and Space in Japan ...218  Dimensions of Religion in Modern Japan....227  Conclusions.............237
ER  -