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Absent Lord - Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture (Paperback, New)
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Absent Lord - Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture (Paperback, New)
Series: Comparative Studies in Religion and Society, 8
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What does it mean to worship beings that one believes are
completely indifferent to, and entirely beyond the reach of, any
form of worship whatsoever? How would such a relationship with
sacred beings affect the religious life of a community? Using these
questions as his point of departure, Lawrence A. Babb explores the
ritual culture of image-worshipping Svetambar Jains of the western
Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan. Jainism traces its lineages
back to the ninth century B.C.E. and is, along with Buddhism, the
only surviving example of India's ancient non-Vedic religious
traditions. It is known and celebrated for its systematic practice
of non-violence and for the intense rigor of the asceticism it
promotes. A unique aspect of Babb's study is his linking of the
Jain tradition to the social identity of existing Jain communities.
Babb concludes by showing that Jain ritual culture can be seen as a
variation on pan-Indian ritual patterns. In illuminating this
little-known religious tradition, he demonstrates that divine
"absence" can be as rich as divine "presence" in its possibilities
for informing a religious response to the cosmos.
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