The Life of the Saint and the Animal: Asian Religious Influence in the Medieval Christian West
This paper seeks to challenge the notion that European Christianity was untouched by Asian religious influence during much of the Common Era. Rather, I propose that certain Indian ethical tenets were incorporated into Christian ascetic practices as a consequence of interaction with heretical interme...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
2009
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Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 2009, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 169-194 |
Further subjects: | B
human obligations to living things
B Buddhism B Christianity B history of religions |
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