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This comprehensive volume surveys an important but neglected period of Chinese intellectual history:Xuanxue (Neo-Daoism). It provides a holistic approach to the philosophical and religious traits of this movement via the concepts of non-being, being, and oneness. Thinkers and texts on the periphery ofXuanxue are also examined to show readers that Xuanxue did not arise in a vacuum but is the result of a long and continuous evolution of ideas from pre-Qin Daoism. The 25 chapters of this work survey the major philosophical figures and arguments of Xuanxue, a movement from the Wei-Jin dynastic period (220-420 CE) of early-medieval China. It also examines texts and figures from the late-Han dynasty whose influence on Xuanxue has yet to be made explicitly clear. In order to fully capture the multifaceted nature of this movement, the contributors brilliantly highlight its more socially-oriented characteristics. Overall, this volume presents an unrivaled picture of this exciting period. It details a portrait of intellectual and cultural vitality that rivals, if not surpasses, what was achieved during the Warring States period. Readers of the Yijing, Daodejing, and Zhuangzi will feel right at home with the themes and arguments presented herein, while students and those coming to Xuanxue for the first time will acquire a wealth of knowledge.

Philosophy --- Comparative religion --- filosofie --- godsdienstfilosofie --- middeleeuwen --- China

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This volume offers an overview of Hinduism as found in India and the diaspora. Exploring Hinduism in India in dynamic interaction, rather than in isolation, the volume discusses the relation of Hinduism with other religions of Indian origin and with religions which did not originate in India but have been a major feature of its religious landscape. These latter religions include Islam and Christianity and, to a lesser extent, Zoroastrianism and Judaism. The volume also covers Hinduism’s close association with Tribal Religions, sometimes called Primal Religions. As its second main theme, the volume examines the phenomenon of Hinduism in the diaspora. The Indian diaspora is now beginning to make its presence felt, both in India and abroad. In India, the Indian government annually hosts a diaspora event called Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), in recognition of the growing importance of the twenty-million-strong diaspora. Although not all Indians are Hindus, most are, both in India and abroad, and a strong sense of Hindu identity is emerging among diasporic Hindus. This volume fills the need felt by Hindus both in India and the diaspora for more knowledge about modern-day Hinduism, Hindu history and traditions. It takes into account three main aspects of Hinduism: that the active pan-Indian and diasporic language of the Hindus is English; that modern Hindus need a rational rather than a devotional or traditional exposition of the religion; and that they need information about and arguments to address the stereotypes which characterize the presentation of Hinduism in academia and the media, especially in the West. .

Philosophy --- Religious studies --- Christian religion --- Jewish religion --- Sociology of culture --- religie --- christendom --- cultuur --- filosofie --- Jodendom --- Asia

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De koranleraar en denker Tierno Bokar trekt tijdens de jaren dertig in Bandiagara (Mali) leerlingen van heinde en ver aan. Zijn persoonlijke en creatieve uitleg van islam werkt als een magneet. Anders dan gebruikelijk in de islam van het Midden-Oosten ziet Bokar voor vrouwen een zelfstandige rol weggelegd en benadrukt hij barmhartigheid voor een goed begrip van de Koran. Hij pleit voor verdraagzaamheid en verzoening. Religie en rede zijn voor hem geen gescheiden compartimenten, maar mentale vermogens die met elkaar verweven raken. De Afrikaanse filosoof Souleymane Bachir Diagne juicht Bokars visie toe, waarin naast andersgelovigen ook atheïsten welkom zijn. Henk Haenen richt zich op de wezenlijke pluraliteit in geloven en denken die Tierno Bokar nastreefde en contrasteert diens visie met reactionaire, onverdraagzame varianten van islam die helaas het imago van deze godsdienst te vaak bepalen. Om deze tegenstelling te onderbouwen zoekt hij in Verdraagzame islam selectief aansluiting bij de zienswijze van de islamoloog Bassam Tibi, die politieke islam afwijst. Maar vooral uitgangspunten van de denker Hannah Arendt onderstrepen het belang van Bokars visie op pluraliteit als rijkdom van de islam. Bokar was bovenal een Afrikaanse sage, een wijsheidsleraar, die met verve humorvolle verhalen en rake parabels vertelde. Ze weerspiegelen een levensfilosofie die ook de beroemde regisseur Peter Brook inspireerde. Hij bracht Tierno Bokar onder meer in New York, Amsterdam en Brussel op de planken. Henk Haenen studeerde geschiedenis en filosofie aan de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam en promoveerde in 2006 op Afrikaans denken: ontmoeting, dialoog en frictie. Nadien publiceerde hij onder andere Ubuntu en Nelson Mandela. Afrikaanse filosofie van verzoening (2016 en 2018). **** Recensie Peter Vermaat, Franciscaans Leven, februari 2021 In de beeldvorming van West-Europa is de islam een agressieve, op expansie gerichte godsdienst. Het is dan ook een verademing om Verdraagzame islam te lezen, het laatste boek van Henk Haenen. Het boek biedt uitzicht en hoop, en laat zien dat een interculturele samenleving, waarin verschillende mensen elkaar wederzijds beïnvloeden, mogelijk is. (...) Een boeiende studie.

Islam --- Sociology of religion --- godsdienstfilosofie --- pluralisme --- verdraagzaamheid --- Bokar, Tierno

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This book presents an alternative reading of the respective works of Moses Maimonides and Baruch Spinoza. It argues that both thinkers are primarily concerned with the singular perfection of the complete human being rather than with attaining only rational knowledge. Complete perfection of a human being expresses the unique concord of concrete activities, such as ethics, politics, and psychology, with reason. The necessity of concrete historical activities in generating perfection entails that both thinkers are not primarily concerned with an “escape” to a metaphysical realm of transcendent or universal truths via cognition. Instead, both are focused on developing and cultivating individuals’ concrete desires and activities to the potential benefit of all. This book argues that rather than solely focusing on individual enlightenment, both thinkers are primarily concerned with a political life and the improvement of fellow citizens’ capacities. A key theme throughout the text is that both Maimonides and Spinoza realize that an apolitical life undermines individual and social flourishing.

Metaphysics --- Jewish religion --- Jodendom --- metafysica --- Maimonides, Moses --- Spinoza, Baruch

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This book offers a psychohistorical analysis of the rapid growth of the Korean Protestant Church. KwangYu Lee looks at some of the traumatic historical events of Korea in the 20th century, including the fall of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), the Japanese Occupation (1910-1945), the Korean War (1950-1953), and the Korean Military Dictatorship (1961-1987), and explores the psychological impacts of these events on the collective unconsciousness of Koreans. He argues that Koreans’ collective (or cultural) complex of inferiority, which was caused and gradually exacerbated by these traumatic events, along with their psychological relationships with their two colonizers—the Japanese and Americans—prompted them to convert to Korean Protestantism en masse as a means to avoid their psychological pains and to fulfil their futile desire to become like Americans, their overtly idealized psychological-object.

Psychology --- Religious studies --- Christian religion --- Sociology --- psychologie --- religie --- sociologie --- christendom