The Biographical process : studies in the history and psychology of religion edited by Frank E. Reynolds and Donald Capps

Sinceits founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline. Pt. 1. Essays In Sacred Biography: The Many Lives Of Buddha: A Study Of Sacred Biography And Theravāda Tradition / By Frank E. Reynolds -- Following The Beloved: Muhammad As Model In The Sūfi Tradition / By Earle Waugh -- The Life Of Śaṅkarācārya / By David N. Lorenzen -- Religious Biography In India: The 'nectar Of The Acts' Of Caitanya / By Edward C. Dimock, Jr. -- Pt. 2. Biographical Traditions And Individual Lives: The Story Of Tukbaw: 'they Listen As He Orates' / By Renato Rosaldo -- Religious Paradigms And Political Action: 'the Murder In The Cathedral' Of Thomas Becket / By Victor Turner -- Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Birth Of A Seer / By Richard A. Hutch -- Newman's Illness In Sicily: The Reformer As Biographer / By Donald Capps -- Pt. 3. Individual Lives And Cultural Innovation: Personal Identity And Cultural Crisis: The Case Of Anagārika Dharmapala Of Sri Lanka / By Gannath Obeyesekere -- The Beecher Family: Microcosm Of A Chapter In The Evolution Of Religious Sensibility In America / By Robert Michaelsen -- Psychohistory And Communal Patterns: John Humphrey Noyes And The Oneida Community / By Dennis Klass -- The Uses And Limits Of Psychobiography As An Approach To Popular Culture: The Case Of 'the Western' / By Peter Homans -- Pt. 4. From Individual Life To Hagiography: Kūkai As Master And Savior / By Joseph M. Kitagawa -- The Death And 'lives' Of The Poet-monk Saigyō: The Genesis Of A Buddhist Sacred Biography / By William La Fleur -- The Loneliness Of Matsuo Bashō / By James H. Foard -- Lincoln's Martyrdom: A Study Of Exemplary Mythic Patterns / By Donald Capps. Edited By Frank E. Reynolds And Donald Capps. Based On Seminars Held At The Divinity School, University Of Chicago, 1972 And 1973. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. 413-426. PREFACE BY THE EDITORS Introduction Part I: Essays in Sacred Biography 1. The many lives of Buddha: A study of sacred biography and Theravāda tradition 2. Following the Beloved: Muhammad as model in the ?ufi tradition 3. The life of Śaṅkarācārya 4. Religious biography in India: The ‘nectar of the acts’ of Caitanya Part II: Biographical Traditions and Individual Lives 5. The story of Tukbaw: ‘They listen as he orates’ 6. Religious paradigms and political action: ‘The murder in the cathedra‘ of Thomas Becket 7. Ralph Waldo Emerson: The birth of a seer 8. Newman’s illness in Sicily: The reformer as biographer Part III: Individual Lives and Cultural Innovation 9. Personal identity and cultural crisis: The case of Anagarika Dharmapala of Sri Lanka 10. The Beecher family: Microcosm of a chapter in the evolution of religious sensibility in America 11. Psychohistory and communal patterns: John Humphrey Noyes and the Oneida community 12. The uses and limits of psychobiography as an approach to popular culture: The case of ‘The Western’ Part IV: From Individual Life to Hagiography 13. Kūkai as master and savior 14. The death and ‘lives’ of the poet-monk Saigyō : The genesis of a Buddhist sacred biography 15. The loneliness of Matsuo Bashō 16. Lincoln’s martyrdom: A study of exemplary mythic patterns Bibliography 1. Lives of founders 2. Lives and legends of saints 3. Saviors, heroes, and divine personages 4. Reformers, rulers, and other religious leaders 5. Social scientific studies of religious individuals 6. Comparative biographical studies 7. General works in biography and autobiography 8. Author’s index to the bibliography Index of Proper Names Within the entire history of religions there is no sacred biography which has had a wider dissemination or made a greater impact than that which recounts the life of the Buddha.1