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Contents of volume 13
CONTENTS OF VOLUME 13 NUMBER 1, JANUARY 1983 S. N. Eisenstadt
Transcendental Visions-Other Worldliness-and its Transformations . Some More Comments on L . Dumont
1
Jacob Neusner
Toward the Natural History of a Religion . The Case of the Palestinian Talmud
19
Stephen Sharot
The Sacredness of Sin : Antinomianism and Models of Man
37
Paul Grii fiths
BuddhistJhana : a Form-critical Study
55
Edward Bailey
The Implicit Religion of Contemporary Society : an Orientation and Plea for its Study
69
Review Article Andrew Rawlinson
Attempting to explain everything
85
Short Reviews and Book Notes
93
Announcement
98
NUMBER 2, APRIL 1983 R . S. Bucknell and M. Stuart-Fox
The `Three Knowledges' of Buddhism Implications of Buddhadasa's Interpretation of Rebirth
99
James Thrower
The Study of Religion in the USSR
113
L . J. Francis
Psychological Studies of Religion Head for Derailment
127
Michael Plekon
Prophetic Criticism, Incarnational Optimism : on Recovering the Late Kierkegaard
137
Review Article Muhammad Salman Raschid
Philosophia perennis universale imperium
155
Book Reviews
173
NUMBER 3, JULY 1983 Priscilla Dale Jones
The Finaly Affair : Issues and Implications
177
Elizabeth M. A . Derrett
The International Face of a Japanese `New Religion' : Sekai Kyusei Kyo in Brazil and Thailand
205
Denis MacEoin
From Babism to Baha'ism : Problems of Militancy, Quietism, and Conflation in the Construction ofa Religion
219
Gerald Parsons
Reforming the Tradition : A Forgotten Dimension of Liberal Protestantism
257
Book Reviews
273
Announcement
282
NUMBER 4, OCTOBER 1983 Don Wiebe
Theory in the Study of Religion
283
Karel Werner
The Concept of the Transcendent . Questions of Method in the History of Religions
311
Steven Vertovec
Potlatching and the Mythic Past . A Re-Evaluation of the Traditional Northwest Coast American Indian Complex
323
Gedaliahu G . Stroumsa
The Incorporeality of God . Context and Implications of Origen's Position
345
Helen Tiffm and Arvind Sharma Metaphysics and Literary Form : Advaita Vedanta in Three Novels of Raja Rao
359
Announcement
375
Articles Attempting to Explain Everything (Review Article) Buddhist Jhana : a Form-critical Study From Babism to Baha'ism : Problems of Militancy, Quietism, and Conflation in the Construction of a Religion Metaphysics and Literary Form : Advaita Vedanta in Three Novels ofRaja Rao Philosophia Perennis Universale Imperium (Review Article) Potlatching and the Mythic Past . A Re-Evaluation of the Traditional Northwest Coast American Indian Complex Prophetic Criticism, Incarnational Optimism : on Recovering the Late Kierkegaard Psychological Studies of Religion Head for Derailment Reforming the Tradition : A Forgotten Dimension of Liberal Protestantism The Concept of the Transcendent . Questions of Method in the History of Religions The Finaly Affair: Issues and Implications The Implicit Religion of Contemporary Society : an Orientation and Plea for its Study The Incorporeality of God . Context and Implications of Origen's Position The International Face of a Japanese `New Religion' : Sekai Kyusei Kyo in Brazil and Thailand The Sacredness of Sin : Antinomianism and Models of Man The Study of Religion in the USSR The `Three Knowledges' of Buddhism . Implications of Buddhadasa's Interpretation of Rebirth Theory in the Study of Religion Toward the Natural History of a Religion . The Case of the Palestinian Talmud Transcendental Visions-Other Worldliness-and its Transformations . Some More Comments on L . Dumont
85 55 219 359 155 323 137 127 257 311 177 69 345 205 37 113 99 283 19 1
Books Reviewed Alter, Robert, The Art ofBiblicalNarrative Brenneman, W . L ., Yarian, S . 0 ., and Olson, A . M ., The Seeing Eye: Hermeneutical Phenomenology in the Study of Religion
Cantwell Smith, Wilfred, On Understanding Islam, Selected Studies Cole, W . Owen, ed ., Comparative Religions-A Modern Textbook Cole, W . Owen, The Guru in Sikhism David, A . Rosalie, A Guide to Religious Ritual at Abydos O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger (transl .), The Rig Veda: An Anthology Fuller, Robert C ., Mesmerism and the American Cure of Souls Hennessey, S . J . James, American Catholics : A History of the Roman
227 175 173 93 97 96 273 281 280
Community in America
Hopkins, James K ., A Woman to Deliver Her People : Joanna Southcott and English Millenarianism in an Era of Revolution
Hultkrantz, Ake, Belief and Worship in North America (edited by Christopher Vesey Kinsley, David R ., Hinduism : A Cultural Perspective Martin, Richard C ., Islam: A Cultural Perspective Mortimer, E ., Faith and Power: the Politics ofIslam Westerlund, D ., From Socialism to Islam? Notes on Islam as a Political Factor
278 95 275 96 174 174
in Contemporary Africa
Authors and Reviewers Bailey, E . Barnes, R . H. Bliss, R. M . Bucknell, R . S . Dale Jones, P . David, A . R. Derrett, E . M . A . Eisenstadt, S. N . Francis, L . J . Griffiths, P . Jamison, S . W . MacEoin, D . Morgan, P . Mulder, D . C . Mullett, M . Neusner, J . Parsons, G .
69 Plekon, M . 95 Raschid, Muhammad Salman 280 Rawlinson, A . 99 Rogerson,J . W . 177 Sharma, A . 96 Sharot, S . 205 Smith, D . 1 Smith, R. 127 Stroumsa, G. G . 55 Stuart-Fox, M . 273 Thrower,J . 96,219 Tifbn, H . 93,97 Vertovec, S . 173 Waines, D . 278 Wiebe, D . 19 Werner, K . 257
137 155 85 277 359 37 275 281 345 99 113 359 323 174 175,283 311
Transcendental Visions-Other Worldliness-and its Transformations . Some More Comments on L . Dumont
1
Jacob Neusner
Toward the Natural History of a Religion . The Case of the Palestinian Talmud
19
Stephen Sharot
The Sacredness of Sin : Antinomianism and Models of Man
37
Paul Grii fiths
BuddhistJhana : a Form-critical Study
55
Edward Bailey
The Implicit Religion of Contemporary Society : an Orientation and Plea for its Study
69
Review Article Andrew Rawlinson
Attempting to explain everything
85
Short Reviews and Book Notes
93
Announcement
98
NUMBER 2, APRIL 1983 R . S. Bucknell and M. Stuart-Fox
The `Three Knowledges' of Buddhism Implications of Buddhadasa's Interpretation of Rebirth
99
James Thrower
The Study of Religion in the USSR
113
L . J. Francis
Psychological Studies of Religion Head for Derailment
127
Michael Plekon
Prophetic Criticism, Incarnational Optimism : on Recovering the Late Kierkegaard
137
Review Article Muhammad Salman Raschid
Philosophia perennis universale imperium
155
Book Reviews
173
NUMBER 3, JULY 1983 Priscilla Dale Jones
The Finaly Affair : Issues and Implications
177
Elizabeth M. A . Derrett
The International Face of a Japanese `New Religion' : Sekai Kyusei Kyo in Brazil and Thailand
205
Denis MacEoin
From Babism to Baha'ism : Problems of Militancy, Quietism, and Conflation in the Construction ofa Religion
219
Gerald Parsons
Reforming the Tradition : A Forgotten Dimension of Liberal Protestantism
257
Book Reviews
273
Announcement
282
NUMBER 4, OCTOBER 1983 Don Wiebe
Theory in the Study of Religion
283
Karel Werner
The Concept of the Transcendent . Questions of Method in the History of Religions
311
Steven Vertovec
Potlatching and the Mythic Past . A Re-Evaluation of the Traditional Northwest Coast American Indian Complex
323
Gedaliahu G . Stroumsa
The Incorporeality of God . Context and Implications of Origen's Position
345
Helen Tiffm and Arvind Sharma Metaphysics and Literary Form : Advaita Vedanta in Three Novels of Raja Rao
359
Announcement
375
Articles Attempting to Explain Everything (Review Article) Buddhist Jhana : a Form-critical Study From Babism to Baha'ism : Problems of Militancy, Quietism, and Conflation in the Construction of a Religion Metaphysics and Literary Form : Advaita Vedanta in Three Novels ofRaja Rao Philosophia Perennis Universale Imperium (Review Article) Potlatching and the Mythic Past . A Re-Evaluation of the Traditional Northwest Coast American Indian Complex Prophetic Criticism, Incarnational Optimism : on Recovering the Late Kierkegaard Psychological Studies of Religion Head for Derailment Reforming the Tradition : A Forgotten Dimension of Liberal Protestantism The Concept of the Transcendent . Questions of Method in the History of Religions The Finaly Affair: Issues and Implications The Implicit Religion of Contemporary Society : an Orientation and Plea for its Study The Incorporeality of God . Context and Implications of Origen's Position The International Face of a Japanese `New Religion' : Sekai Kyusei Kyo in Brazil and Thailand The Sacredness of Sin : Antinomianism and Models of Man The Study of Religion in the USSR The `Three Knowledges' of Buddhism . Implications of Buddhadasa's Interpretation of Rebirth Theory in the Study of Religion Toward the Natural History of a Religion . The Case of the Palestinian Talmud Transcendental Visions-Other Worldliness-and its Transformations . Some More Comments on L . Dumont
85 55 219 359 155 323 137 127 257 311 177 69 345 205 37 113 99 283 19 1
Books Reviewed Alter, Robert, The Art ofBiblicalNarrative Brenneman, W . L ., Yarian, S . 0 ., and Olson, A . M ., The Seeing Eye: Hermeneutical Phenomenology in the Study of Religion
Cantwell Smith, Wilfred, On Understanding Islam, Selected Studies Cole, W . Owen, ed ., Comparative Religions-A Modern Textbook Cole, W . Owen, The Guru in Sikhism David, A . Rosalie, A Guide to Religious Ritual at Abydos O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger (transl .), The Rig Veda: An Anthology Fuller, Robert C ., Mesmerism and the American Cure of Souls Hennessey, S . J . James, American Catholics : A History of the Roman
227 175 173 93 97 96 273 281 280
Community in America
Hopkins, James K ., A Woman to Deliver Her People : Joanna Southcott and English Millenarianism in an Era of Revolution
Hultkrantz, Ake, Belief and Worship in North America (edited by Christopher Vesey Kinsley, David R ., Hinduism : A Cultural Perspective Martin, Richard C ., Islam: A Cultural Perspective Mortimer, E ., Faith and Power: the Politics ofIslam Westerlund, D ., From Socialism to Islam? Notes on Islam as a Political Factor
278 95 275 96 174 174
in Contemporary Africa
Authors and Reviewers Bailey, E . Barnes, R . H. Bliss, R. M . Bucknell, R . S . Dale Jones, P . David, A . R. Derrett, E . M . A . Eisenstadt, S. N . Francis, L . J . Griffiths, P . Jamison, S . W . MacEoin, D . Morgan, P . Mulder, D . C . Mullett, M . Neusner, J . Parsons, G .
69 Plekon, M . 95 Raschid, Muhammad Salman 280 Rawlinson, A . 99 Rogerson,J . W . 177 Sharma, A . 96 Sharot, S . 205 Smith, D . 1 Smith, R. 127 Stroumsa, G. G . 55 Stuart-Fox, M . 273 Thrower,J . 96,219 Tifbn, H . 93,97 Vertovec, S . 173 Waines, D . 278 Wiebe, D . 19 Werner, K . 257
137 155 85 277 359 37 275 281 345 99 113 359 323 174 175,283 311