http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
critical and constructive studies of Jain social engagement
1 online resource ( 448 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction: Conceptualizing "Engaged" Jainism and the Field of "Engaged" Jain Studies -- Affixing "Engaged" to "Jainism" and "Jain Studies" -- Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Engaged Jain Studies on the Lotus of Engaged Buddhist Studies -- The Jina on the Lotus: Key Features of Engaged Jain Studies -- The Constructive-Reproductive Model of Engaged Jain Studies -- The Critical-Analytical Model of Engaged Jain Studies -- The Critical-Constructive Model of Engaged Jain Studies -- Reading This Volume -- Notes -- References
Part I: Critical Issues in "Engaged Jain Studies" -- 1. Applied to What? For Whose Benefit?: A Critique of "Applied Jain Ethics" -- The AAA of Jainism: "Core Jain Values" as Identitarian Discourse -- Professorships and the Marketing of Jainism's Ethics via Constructive Theology -- So What? Jains for Justice, the Save Shikharji Campaign, and Jain Engagements with Human Rights Issues -- Notes -- References -- 2. Jain Mantra Healing: Opportunities and Challenges of Engaged/Applied Jain Studies -- Historicizing and Contextualizing Bhaktamar Mantra Healing
The Rich and Multilayered Bhaktāmar Tradition -- BMH as a New Way to Engage with Health from Within the Jain Tradition -- Explaining the Curative Efficacy of BMH -- Concluding Thoughts: Toward a Productive Clash of Engagements? -- Notes -- References -- Part II: Social Engagement in the Diaspora -- 3. Engaged Curation: Challenges, Experiences, and Potentials from a Museum Exhibition About Jainism -- Preparing an Exhibition on Jainism at Museum Rietberg -- Engaged Curation: Collaborating with Jain Institutions and Individuals -- Global Discourses in the Local Swiss Jain Community
Vegetarianism: The Rhetoric of an Identity Marker -- Engaging with Museum Communities and Audiences -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4. Engaged Jain Yoga: Narendra Kumar Jain's The Seven Stages of Enlightenment on the Berlin Wall -- Studying Indian Modern Art and Visual Culture at the Berlin Wall -- The Seven Stages of Enlightenment -- Seven Cakras in Transnational Yoga -- Narendra Kumar Jain, the Berlin Wall's Yogi Artist -- The Reception of Yoga in Germany -- The Berlin Wall: A Site of Creative Speculation and Place of Engagement for Artists
Indian Modern Art, Neo-Tantrism, and Muralism in Pre- and Post-Independence India -- Neo-Tantric Art -- Indian Muralism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5. Engaging Spaces: Jain Position and Identity in the Urban Space of Bangkok, Thailand -- The Industry, the City, and the Community -- Jain-ness, Indian-ness, and Infusions of Thainess -- Indian-ness -- Infusions of Thainess -- Soi Phuttha Osot's "Khaek" Feature and the Presence of Jain Mandirs -- Reconstructing Jain-ness: Sathu Pradit Soi 19 as a New Jain Arena -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References
edited by Christopher Jain Miller, Cogen Bohanec.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Albany : State University of New York Press,c2026