| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 410 pages). |
| Series |
Religion and reason ; 37 |
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Religion and reason ; 37.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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I. Theoretical considerations. Some remarks on the concept of person in Western philosophy / H.G. Hubbeling -- A few critical remarks on the concept of person / J.J. Oosten -- The concept of person in American anthropology : the cultural perspective of Clifford Geertz / Y.B. Kuiper -- The concept of person : some heuristical notes / A.F. Sanders -- Religious traditions and the human person / M. Meslin. |
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II. Ancient Mediterranean concepts of person. Some remarks on the concept "person" in the ancient Egyptian culture / H. te Velde -- Name and person in ancient Judaism and Christianity / H.G. Kippenberg -- The image of the philosopher in late antiquity and in early Christianity / U. Berner -- The saint as symbol : conceptions of the person in late antiquity and early Christianity / H.J.W. Drijvers -- Fear of death / N. Elias. |
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III. Non-Western concepts of person. Towards contemporary Islamic concepts of the person / J.S. Jensen -- Can you marry a djinni? : an aspect of the djinn as persons / F. Leemhuis -- Some reflections of the concept of person in ancient Indian texts / L.P. van den Bosch -- An Indian image of man : an inquiry into a change of perspective in the Hindu world-view / H.T. Bakker -- Hopi hermeneutics : ritual person among the Hopi Indians of Arizona / A.W. Geertz -- Ego-awareness and the person in the West African world view / H.A. Witte. IV. Special issues. Persona non grata : the case of Zwarte Piet / B.P. Hofstede -- Extraterrestrial persons / W.B. Drees. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Self -- Religious aspects.
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Self (Philosophy)
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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Antropología teológica.
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Self (Philosophy) (OCoLC)fst01111454
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Self -- Religious aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01111446
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Persoon.
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Antropologie.
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| Added Author |
Kippenberg, Hans G. (Hans Gerhard), editor.
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Kuiper, Yme, editor.
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Sanders, Andy F., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Concepts of person in religion and thought 0899256007 (DLC) 89048472 (OCoLC)20799907 |
| ISBN |
9783110874372 (electronic bk.) |
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3110874377 (electronic bk.) |
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