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| Document Type(s): | Journal Article |
| Article/Chapter Title: | Recent Fieldwork Studies of the Contemporary Jains |
| Journal Title: | Religious Studies Review |
| Author(s): | Cort, John E. |
| Religion(s): | Jainism |
| ISSN: | 0319-485X |
| Date of Publication: | 1997 |
| Volume: | 23 |
| Pages: | 103-111 |
| Annotation: | Cort offers helpful descriptions and critiques of seven recent books in Jaina studies and proceeds to pull these various titles into conversation with each other thereby illuminating a deeper understanding of the diverse Jaina community. The books reviewed include: The Assembly of Listeners:Jains in Society; Organizing Jainism in India and England; Riches and Renunciation: Religion, Economy, and Society among the Jains; Deliverance et convivialite: le systeme culinaire des Jaina; La voie Jaina: Histoire, spiritualite, vie des ascetes pelerines de L’Inde; The Archetypal Actions of Ritual: A Theory of Ritual Illustrated by the Jain Rite of Worship; Absent Lord: Ascetics and Kings in A Jain Ritual Culture. |
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