| #2020465 in Books | 2002-10-07 | 2002-10-07 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x1.13 x6.00l,1.43 | File type: PDF | 520 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Great book and service.|By Daruma|Groundbreaking book. Karma is much more complicated that we think. Delivered well.|4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Rebirth and karma in the evolution of religion|By Peter Oliphant|Imagining karma studies how rebirth eschatology evolves into karma eschatology. Eschatology is||"This work is a tour-de-force in cross-cultural scholarship, both sound and bold, constructing a new and refreshing theory on the rise to prominence of rebirth eschatology in India. Obeyesekere argues convincingly that "ethicization" of rebirth through the the
With Imagining Karma, Gananath Obeyesekere embarks on the very first comparison of rebirth concepts across a wide range of cultures. Exploring in rich detail the beliefs of small-scale societies of West Africa, Melanesia, traditional Siberia, Canada, and the northwest coast of North America, Obeyesekere compares their ideas with those of the ancient and modern Indic civilizations and with the Greek rebirth theories of Pythagoras, Empedocles, Pindar, and Plato...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Imagining Karma: Ethical Transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek Rebirth | Gananath Obeyesekere. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
