Jains in the World: Religious Values and Ideology in India

by John E. Cort

Book Overview

"There is no doubt that the wealth of new data and ideas offered in this exquisite book provides the deepest insights yet into the contemporary religious world of Jain laity. It will serve for some time as a paradigmatic monograph for future empirical studies of Jain religious life." --Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

"Jains in the World is a significant and welcome ethnography of contemporary Jains in western India by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199796645
• ISBN13: 9780199796649
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"