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Hardcover. Condición: New. &Uumlber den AutorSarah Jacoby, Ph.D. (2007) in Religion, University of Virginia, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at Northwestern University. Interested in Tibetan biography, revelation, and gender studies, s.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Monasteries have been the locus classicus of the academic investigation of Tibetan religions. This volume seeks to balance this emphasis with an exploration of the diverse religious specialists who operate outside of the monastery in Tibet and along the Himalayan belt. The articles collected here depict Tantric professionals, visionaries, village lamas, spirit mediums, and female religious leaders whose loyalties reside in the noncelibate sphere but whose activities have had a significant impact on Tibetan religion. Using methodologies drawn from anthropological and textual scholarship, these seven essays bolster our understanding of religious practices and their performers beyond the monasteries of Central and Eastern Tibet, Bhutan, and India from historical times to the present day.

8vo, pp. [6], 202; yellow cloth boards without dust jacket as issued; fine. "This volume seeks to balance is ephasis [on monasteries] with an exploration of the diverse religious specialists who operate outside of the monestary in Tibet and along the Himalayan belt. The articles collected here depict Tantric professionals, visionaries, village lamas, spirit mediums, and female religious leaders whose loyalties reside in the noncelibate sphere but whose activites have had a significant impact on Tibetan religion. Brill's Tibetan Studies Library Volume 10/12.

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Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 202 pages. 9.75x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.