Roundtable Discussion: Feminist Religious History: Mapping Feminist Histories of Religious Traditions

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
Margaret R. Miles
Keyword(s):  
Religious History ◽  
Roundtable Discussion ◽  
Religious Traditions

Roundtable on Eastern Traditions

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-25
Author(s):  
Philip Tite
Keyword(s):  
Roundtable Discussion ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Eastern Traditions

The following is a roundtable discussion, where contributors to the panel on "eastern religious traditions" respond to each others work.

Before Kṛṣṇa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kanika Kishore Saxena
Keyword(s):  
Historical Data ◽  
Religious History ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of ◽  
Coherent Picture

Mathura is famous for its association with Vāsudeva‒Kṛṣṇa, an important deity of the Hindu pantheon. However, apart from the sanctity attached to this place by Hindus, it has also provided conditions for the nurturing of Buddhist, Jaina, nāga and yakṣa traditions. This book engages in a wide range of epigraphic, archaeological and art historical data from the various sites in the Mathura area and weaves this to present a coherent picture of the variegated religious history of the area from c.600 CE to c.1000 CE, which witnessed various religions/cults/sects competing for attention and patronage. The chapters in this book have been divided according to religious traditions, namely, Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism, along with the Kṛṣṇa, yakṣa, nāga, and mātṛkā cults. It raises many important issues related to Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism as well as older cults of the yakṣas and nāgas. The objects of donation ranged from images, stūpas, temples to tanks and gardens. Donations by monks and nuns; together with laity from different locations within and beyond Mathura, amply reflect on the social mosaic of the time. The role of monastics and laity, the nature of patronage, and the social and political underpinnings of the religious history are also examined, all within a long, diachronic frame. This book reveals the complexity of the religious history of Mathura to provide the reader a taste of its diversity and plurality.

scholarly journals The Uses of Denominational History

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lincoln A. Mullen
Keyword(s):  
Religious History ◽  
American Religious History ◽  
Roundtable Discussion

At the October 2016 meeting of the Conference on Faith and History, four scholars who have written denominational histories (among their many other books) gathered for a roundtable discussion of “The Uses of Denominational History.” At the panel these historians reflected on how they structured their denominational histories and who their audiences were, on what it might mean for denominational histories to be written from an insider’s perspective, and on how their books fit into the field of American religious history more broadly.

Historical Context

2021 ◽  
pp. 40-62
Author(s):  
Gustavo S.J. Morello
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
The United States ◽  
Religious History ◽  
American Religious History ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
The Public ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The People ◽  
The Public Sphere

This chapter presents a historical account that helps us to understand Latin America’s religious present. Latin American religious history gives us a better understanding of the Latin American cultural background. Western religious traditions (Catholicism, Protestantism, secularism, evangelism) came to Latin American with different colonial powers: Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, France, and the United States. However, Latin America’s religious history also shows the agency of Latin American peoples, the ability to create and recreate practices and locations for religion in the public sphere, as we can find Native and Afro traditions like Umbanda and Santería. The agency of the people, and the influence of religious figures in the public realm, have been part of the Latin American religious experience.

Covenant and Covenants in the Qur'an

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph E.B. Lumbard
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Religious History ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
Human History ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Q 30 ◽  
The Human Condition ◽  
Commentary Tradition

The question of the covenant in the Old and New Testaments was among the most fertile topics for critically engaged Jewish-Christian dialogue in the twentieth century and has given rise to more pluralistic readings of both the Old and New Testaments. But such developments have not occurred in the field of Qur'anic Studies. Nonetheless, the idea of the covenant is central to the Qur'anic conception of humanity and of religious history. Discussions of the covenant are prevalent in the text itself and in the commentary tradition, in which many issues and concepts central to Islam are linked to it. This paper examines the various ways in which the covenant has been treated in the Qur'an and examines how the commentary tradition treats the idea of the covenant (ʿahd or mīthāq), with particular focus on Q. 7:172 and Q. 30:30. It demonstrates how the Qur'anic presentation of the covenant is central to the Qur'anic understanding of human history, the human condition, and the relationships among different religious traditions.

scholarly journals A Case of Geluk Growth: The Career of Scholar and Yogin Shar Kalden Gyatso (1607–1677) and His Role in Propagating the Geluk School in Rebgong, Amdo

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Dorje
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Religious History ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Central Figure ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
History Of ◽  
Institutional Foundations ◽  
Century Development ◽  
Home Region

This paper explores the life of Shar Kalden Gyatso with a focus on his contributions to the seventeenth-century development of Geluk influence in the northeastern Tibetan region of Amdo. Not only did he adopt the role of a monastic leader in founding and bolstering scholastic traditions in his home region in Amdo, but he was also an accomplished practitioner. In addition to his role as the founder of scholastic and retreat institutions in Rebgong, his close relationship with local rulers in Amdo and his non-sectarian stance toward other religious traditions fueled his charisma and increased his base of followers. Therefore, the main goal of this paper is to explore all these themes as they illustrate the career of Shar Kalden Gyatso as a central figure in the religious history of Amdo in general and the development of Geluk influence in Rebgong in particular. Meanwhile, I provide an appropriate assessment of the sectarian conversion of Rongwo Monastery, also considering the importance of Shar Kalden Gyatso’s role in institutional foundations, his network of patronage, and his religious ecumenical thought to particularly characterize his outstanding career.

Law

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Schonthal
Keyword(s):  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Religious History ◽  
Legal Institutions ◽  
State Law ◽  
State Laws ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Religious Law ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Law

This chapter examines some of the different considerations that one should bring to examining religion in contexts of state-legal institutions. It considers the complex political histories and motivations that inform the creation and interpretation of laws governing religion, including the laws protecting religious freedom. It argues that it is helpful to think of the law–religion nexus in terms of four aspects: the links between state law and religious law; the religious history of state laws; the religious presuppositions inherent in state law; and the politics associated with creating and litigating laws concerning religion. It also explores how legal and religious traditions adapt and respond to each other: religious traditions alter themselves to conform to the categories of state law, while judges and legislators periodically alter parameters of what counts as religion.

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