The human condition /

The human condition /

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Imprint:Albany : State University of New York Press, c2001.
Description:xxvi, 337 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:The comparative religious ideas project
Comparative religious ideas project.
Subject:
Religion -- Philosophy.
Human beings.
Human beings.
Religion -- Philosophy.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4360769
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Other authors / contributors:Neville, Robert C.
ISBN:0791447790
0791447804 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-307) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. On Comparing Religious Ideas
  • 1.1. On Comparison: Why It Is Important
  • 1.2. Vague Categories
  • 1.3. Criteria for Success
  • 1.4. Process and Strategy
  • 2. Chinese Religion
  • 2.1. General Considerations
  • 2.2. The Chinese World and the Human Predicament
  • 2.3. Resolution of the Human Predicament
  • 2.4. Categories for Comparison
  • 3. Beginningless Ignorance: A Buddhist View of the Human Condition
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Primary Doctrinal Evidence--The Four Noble Truths
  • 3.3. The Form of a Buddhist Narrative--The Middle Way
  • 3.4. What Makes a Useful Category in Comparative Theology?
  • 4. To Be Heard and Done, But Never Quite Seen: The Human Condition According to the Vivekacudamani
  • 4.1. Introduction: The Text and Its Challenge
  • 4.2. The Human Condition, Perceived and Real
  • 4.3. The Function of Right Knowledge (viveka) in the Apprehension of the Truth of the Human Condition
  • 4.4. The Transformation of Human Living and the Project of Transformation (bhavana)
  • 4.5. Exclusions, and the Force of the Text
  • 4.6. Integral Acts of Learning across Cultural and Religious Boundaries: Hearing, Knowing, Doing, But Not Speculating
  • 5. Religious Dimensions of the Human Condition in Judaism: Wrestling with God in an Imperfect World
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
  • 5.3. Rabbinic Literature
  • 5.4. The Modern Period
  • 5.5. Conclusion
  • 6. Embodiment and Redemption: The Human Condition in Ancient Christianity
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Paul
  • 6.3. Christian Dualism and the High God
  • 6.4. Origen
  • 6.5. Augustine
  • 6.6. Summary
  • 6.7. Postscript: Terms of Comparison from the Seminar
  • 7. The Human Condition in Islam: Sharia and Obligation
  • 7.1. Preliminary Reflections
  • 7.2. Ambiguities in Comparison
  • 7.3. The Human Condition in Islam
  • 7.4. Allah, the Ultimate Source of Sharia: Monotheism and the Creator-Created Duality
  • 7.5. Maintaining the God-Human Disjunction
  • 7.6. The Linkage of the Transcendental with the Historical
  • 8. Comparative Hypotheses: Cosmological Categories for the Human Condition
  • 8.1. Introduction
  • 8.2. Unity
  • 8.3. Ontological Status
  • 8.4. Value
  • 8.5. Causation
  • 9. Comparative Hypotheses: Personal and Social Categories for the Human Condition
  • 9.1. Introduction
  • 9.2. Personal Identity
  • 9.3. Obligation
  • 9.4. The Human Predicament
  • 9.5. Affiliations
  • 9.6. Postscript
  • Appendix A. On the Process of the Project During the First Year
  • Appendix B. Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Contributors
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects

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