Description
Asia, Modernity, and the Pursuit of the Sacred, 1st ed. 2016
Gnostics, Scholars, Mystics, and Reformers
Author: Kahn Joel S.
Language: EnglishSubjects for Asia, Modernity, and the Pursuit of the Sacred:
Keywords
Asia; Religion; Spirituality; Secularism; Islam; anthropology; culture; religion; Tradition
192 p. · 14x21.6 cm · Hardback
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1. Anthropology and the Limits of Secular Reason
2. Gnosticism and the Pursuit of the Sacred
3. Traditionalism: a Dialectic of Authenticity
4. Gnostics, Religion and the (Mis)Recognition of Modernity
5. Modern Mystics: Towards a Gnostic Science
6. The Inner Journey of the Gnostic Self: Ethics and Politics
7. Other Worlds or Ours? Sacred/Secular/Gnostic/Modern
8. What if Culture Didn't Matter? Asian Studies and the New Universalism(s)