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Nonviolence to Animals, Earth, and Self in Asian Traditions by Christopher Key Chapple is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Nonviolence to Animals, Earth, and Self in Asian Traditions about?
This book probes the origins of the practice of nonviolence in early India and traces its path within the Jaina, Hindu, and Buddhist traditions, including its impact on East Asian Cultures. It then turns to a variety of contemporary issues relating to this topic such as: vegetarianism, animal and environmental protection, and the cultivation of religious tolerance. Christopher Key Chapple is Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He is the author of Karma and Creativity , co-translator of the Yoga Sutras of Patañjali , and editor of Winthrop Sargeant's translation of the Bhagavad Gita .
Who reads Nonviolence to Animals, Earth, and Self in Asian Traditions?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Christopher Key Chapple
- Publisher
- State University of New York Press (SUNY Press)
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780791498774
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Religion, Sociology, Social Science
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