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The “Axial Age”: Problematising Religious History in a Post-Colonial Setting
The “Axial Age”: Problematising Religious History in a Post-Colonial Setting
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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
May 30, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In the latest #RSPpod from our friends in Australia, Dr Jack Tsonis gets fired up about the "Axial Age" as well as the difficulties the immediate post-PhD years. Karl Jaspers created the term “Axial Age” in 1949 after considering that the Bhagavad Gita, the Pali Canon, the Book of Isaiah,...
Released:
May 30, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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