Worldly and Other-Worldly Ethics: The Nonhuman and Its Relationship to the Meaningful World of Jains

This thesis examines the intersection between religion and environmental ethics in Jainism. Religious traditions, as they confront the challenges of modernity, are redefining their traditional mores and narratives in ways that appear, and are, contemporary and relevant. One of the most striking ways...

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Main Author: Saucier, Mélanie
Language:en
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20563