The Biographical Process: Studies in the History and Psychology of Religion

Published by De Gruyter 1976

The Biographical Process

Studies in the History and Psychology of Religion

Edited by: Frank E. Reynolds and Donald Capps

Volume 11 in the series Religion and Reason

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110805833

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I: Essays in Sacred Biography
The Many Lives of Buddha A Study of Sacred Biography and Theravāda Tradition Frank E. Reynolds Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Following the Beloved Muhammad as Model in the Sūfī Tradition Earle Waugh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
The Life of Saṅkarācārya David N. Lorenzen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Religious Biography in India: The ‘Nectar of the Acts’ of Caitanya Edward C. Dimock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
PART II: Biographical Traditions and Individual Lives
The Story of Tukbaw: ‘They Listen as He Orates’ Renato Rosaldo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Religious Paradigms and Political Action: The Murder in the Cathedral of Thomas Becket It Victor Turner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Birth of a Seer Richard A. Hutch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Newman’s Illness in Sicily: The Reformer as Biographer Donald Capps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
PART III: Individual Lives and Cultural Innovation
Personal Identity and Cultural Crisis The Case of Anagārika Dharmapala of Sri Lanka Gananath Obeyesekere Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
The Beecher Family Microcosm of a Chapter in the Evolution of Religious Sensibility in America Robert Michaelsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Psychohistory and Communal Patterns John Humphrey Noyes and the Oneida Community Dennis Klass Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
The Uses and Limits of Psychobiography as an Approach to Popular Culture: The Case of ‘The Western’ Peter Homans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
PART IV: From Individual Life to Hagiography
Kūkai as Master and Savior Joseph M. Kitagawa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
The Death and ‘Lives’ of the Poet-Monk Saigyō The Genesis of a Buddhist Sacred Biography William La Fleur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	343
The Loneliness of Matsuo Bashō James H. Foard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
Lincoln’s Martyrdom A Study of Exemplary Mythic Patterns Donald Capps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	393
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	413
Index of Proper Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	430

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Copyright year: 1976
Edition: Reprint 2013
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 436
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 2

eBook

Published: January 2, 2014
ISBN: 9783110805833

Hardcover

Published: January 1, 1976
ISBN: 9789027975225