{"product_id":"jains-in-the-world","title":"Jains in the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: John E Cort\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2001\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 267\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195653602\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShedding new light on Jainism and highlighting the interaction between formal religious ideology and implicitly enunciated values, this highly original fieldwork-based study  presents a rounded portrait of the religion as it is practiced today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCort begins by looking at the institutional structures that make up Jain society and by examining the major facets of Jain practice.  Separate chapters present descriptions of temple worship and the connected Jain understandings of divinity, interaction between laity and monks and nuns, ascetic and dietary practices, and the many festivals and observances that make up the Jain calendar year. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe portrait of the Jains that emerges in this book is significantly different from those found in earlier text-based studies that failed to portray the lived experiences of Jainism. Cort’s own interpretation of Jainism focuses on a distinction between two realms and values. One is the clearly defined religious ideology that is at the core of mendicant practice and ideal lay practice, and whose goal is liberation.  The other, less clearly delineated because it stems from everyday ethics and religious imagination, is the realm of well-being. Cort demonstrates that this informal, unarticulated concept is the necessary complement to the formal ideology and is no less authentically Jain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShedding new light on Jainism and highlighting the interaction between formal religious ideology and implicitly enunciated values, this highly original study will be of enormous value to both scholars and students in the fields of religious and cultural studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote on Language, Transliteration, and Names\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHymn to Pancasar Parsvanath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: On the Occasion of the Blessed Installation of the Lord\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Ideology of the Path to Liberation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJains and Jainism in Patan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGoing to the Temple: How to worship God\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGifting and Grace: Patterns of Lay-Mendicant Interaction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoly Asceticism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRemembrance and Celebration: The Jain Religious Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIdeologies and Realms of Value\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHymn to Pancasar Parsvanath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"John E Cort \/ Oxford University Press \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153503580528,"sku":"8232","price":38.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/8232.jpg?v=1793910533","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/jains-in-the-world","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}