Innovation in Religions Traditions: Essays in the Interpretation of Religions ChangeMichael A. Williams, Collett Cox, Martin Jaffee No detailed description available for "Innovation in Religions Traditions". |
Contents
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The problem of authority in Biblical law | 35 |
The innovation of Gnostic myth | 73 |
Innovation beyond exegesis tradition before Oral Torah | 109 |
Scripture and argument in early Buddhist scholasticism | 143 |
The anxious circle of metaphor | 191 |
The limits of religious innovation | 215 |
The prophet as an agent of change | 241 |
Research on abortion and grieving in Japan | 285 |
Buddhist politics and their revolutionary origins in Thailand | 319 |
Afterword | 351 |
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List of contributors | 365 |
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