Narrating Conversion: Some Reflections on Buddhist and Jain Stories
Both Buddhism and Jainism from their inception were missionary religions, engaged in spreading their faith through conversions. Unlike the Jains, the Buddhists developed a master-narrative in which, at a council of learned monks, it was agreed to dispatch some of their members to every corner of the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2016
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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2016, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 131-158 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Buddhism
/ Religious literature
/ Mission
/ Conversion (Religion)
/ Jainism
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AX Inter-religious relations BL Buddhism KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Buddhism
B Narratives B Preaching B Jainism B Conversion B Sermons |
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