To Approach an Other: ethnohermeneutics and the comparative study of religion

O artigo propõe uma alternativa à s abordagens do fenômeno religioso marcadas tanto por uma ênfase excessiva no estudo das tradições escritas relacionadas a um determinado sistema religioso como pelo etnocentrismo, na medida em que não apresentam esforços para abandonar os a priori derivados da própria cultura e/ou da própria religião daquele que empreende a análise. Tomando o exemplo da China e de sociedades indígenas, o autor questiona se noções ocidentais como religio e sobrenatural são de fato capazes de dar conta de uma enorme diversidade de outros sistemas de idéias ou filosóficos

Zheng Banqiao’s Nande hutu

In 1751, Zheng Banqiao wrote his famous calligraphy Nande hutu (难得糊涂; “It’s difficult to be muddled”). Inquiries into the calligraphy reveal different dimensions of the saying. Its most popular interpretation can be found in self-improvement books on “the art of being muddled” (hutuxue). What academic, official, and popular discourses on the saying have in common is their dialectical reasoning and frequent references to other popular related sayings, to quotes from the ancient classics, and to ancient heroes and historical figures. This issue will explore a few interpretations of the saying. Some prove to be critical with regard to the application of its underlying wisdom, while others focus on its philosophical (Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist), psychological, and/or sociocultural dimension. This issue will also shed light on its pragmatic interpretation as a popular strategy to navigate more positively through life

Review of \u3ci\u3eThe Sacred Pipe: An Archetypal Theology\u3c/i\u3e, by Paul B. Steinmetz.

Father Steinmetz spent twenty years as a priest among the Oglala Lakota on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota collaborating with major Lakota Traditionalist-Catholic elders. Among the first to integrate indigenous rituals into Catholic practices following Vatican II, Steinmetz undertook a vision fast, through which he received an understanding that Christ was present in both the consecrated host and the Sacred Pipe. This volume follows several decades of reflection on this experience

'Sweat Lodge': A Northern Native American Ritual for Communal Shamanic Trance

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The Chinese Way in Religion

xviii, 216 page, 21 cm