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Religions of South Asia: Applied Ethics

Collection created December 2023

12 Total Resources

12 resources. Showing results 1 through 10.

Sallekhana and the End-of-Life Option of Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking: An Ethical Argument to Consider the Jain Practice of Fasting to Death as Different from Suicide
Uploaded December, 2023
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- journal article
- religions of south asia
- jainism
- death
- fasting
- suicide
- sallekhana
- vsed
- law
- human rights
- bioethics
- end-of-life
- self-rule
Cows Caught in the Crossfire: Provisional Remarks on India’s Current Cow-Slaughter Debate
Uploaded October, 2021
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- religions of south asia
- journal article
- sacred cows
- hinduism
- india
- hindutva
- hindu sociocultural norms
- interreligous encounter
- religion and politics
- taboo
- prohibitions
- socio-cultural norms
- cows
Engaging Tolerance: Privacy and Publicity in the Inter-religious Engagement of Mumbai’s Ismaili Muslims
Uploaded October, 2021
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- religions of south asia
- journal article
- interreligous encounter
- tolerance
- religion and politics
- india
- islam
- muslim societies
- privacy
- identity
- ismaili
- pluralism
Full of God: Ashtavakra and Ideas of Justice in Hindu Texts
Uploaded October, 2021
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- religions of south asia
- journal article
- comparative
- disability
- sexuality
- gender
- hinduism
- aversion
- ethical choice
- justice
Peace by Peaceful Means? A Preliminary Examination of Buddhist Peacebuilding in Post-Conflict Nepal
Uploaded October, 2021
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- religions of south asia
- journal article
- peacebuilding
- buddhism
- dalai lama
- nepal
- religion and politics
- civil disobedience
- religion and violence
Self-Orientalism at Europe’s Margins: Historical Imaginary, Ritual Practice, and Interfaith Dialogue in an Indo-Baltic Nath Network
Uploaded July, 2022
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- journal article
- religions of south asia
- western spiritual seekers
- latvia
- nāth saṃpradāya
- yoga in the west
- tantra
- baltic countries
- esotericism
- yoga practice
- muslim-hindu relations
- nationalism
- orientalism
- indian sublime
- appropriation
- origins
- western interpretation
- ritual
- transnational
- interreligious dialogue
- indo-european ideology
The Contemporary Dowry Problematic: Exploring the Role of the Study of Religion in Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice
Uploaded October, 2021
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- religions of south asia
- journal article
- dowry
- secularism
- religion and violence
- postcolonialism
- india
- religion and gender
- women
- activism
- study of religion
- hinduism
- religion and politics
- justice
- modernity
- patriarchal
- discrimination
- cultural politics
- socio-cultural norms
- authority
- power
- the study of religion
- religious scholarship
Right to Pray: The Tensions between Gender and Faith Traditions in India
Uploaded September, 2021
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- religions of south asia
- journal article
- india
- rights
- prayer
- activism
- hinduism
- religious practice
- public religion
- human rights
- religion and gender
- ritual
Tradition, Identity and Scriptural Authority: Religious Inclusivism in the Writings of an Early Modern Sanskrit Intellectual
Uploaded October, 2021
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- religions of south asia
- journal article
- hinduism
- appaya dīkṣita
- modernity
- pāñcarātra
- śaivāgamas
- sanskrit intellectuals
- tolerance
- interreligious dialogue
- inclusivism
- identity
- tradition
- scripture
- authority
- history of ideas
Yoga in Transition: Exploring the Rise of Yoga in Peacebuilding
Uploaded October, 2021
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- religions of south asia
- journal article
- postural yoga
- peacebuilding
- yogaśāstra
- social stance
- religion and violence
- secular mindfulness
- meditation movements

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