Concept And Empathy: Essays In The Study Of Religion (library Of Philosophy And Religion)

Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction....Pages 1-6 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 The Comparative Logical Analysis of Religious Doctrines....Pages 9-10 God, Bliss and Morality....Pages 11-24 The Criteria of Religious Identity....Pages 25-39 Numen, Nirvana, and the Definition of Religion....Pages 40-48 Myth and Transcendence....Pages 49-60 The Concept of Heaven....Pages 61-71 The Philosophy of Worldviews: The Philosophy of Religion Transformed....Pages 72-85 Front Matter....Pages 87-87 Living Liberation: Jivanmukti and Nirvana....Pages 89-97 Interpretation and Mystical Experience....Pages 98-112 Problems of the Application of Western Terminology to Theravada Buddhism, with Special Reference to the Relationship between the Buddha and the Gods....Pages 113-118 Nirvana and Timelessness....Pages 119-124 Precept and Theory in Sri Lanka....Pages 125-130 Beyond Eliade: The Future of Theory in Religion....Pages 131-142 Religion, Myth and Nationalism....Pages 143-153 Front Matter....Pages 155-155 Religion as a Discipline?....Pages 157-162 Towards an Agreed Place for Religious Studies in Higher Education....Pages 163-175 What is Comparative Religion?....Pages 176-183 Social Anthropology and the Philosophy of Religion....Pages 184-194 The Principles and Meaning of the Study of Religion....Pages 195-206 Front Matter....Pages 155-155 Methods and Disciplines in the Study of Religion....Pages 207-219 The Exploration of Religion and Education....Pages 220-230 Back Matter....Pages 231-246