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Peter van der Veer, “The Modern Spirit of Asia: The Spiritual and the Secular in China and India” (Princeton UP, 2013

Peter van der Veer, “The Modern Spirit of Asia: The Spiritual and the Secular in China and India” (Princeton UP, 2013

FromNew Books in Chinese Studies


Peter van der Veer, “The Modern Spirit of Asia: The Spiritual and the Secular in China and India” (Princeton UP, 2013

FromNew Books in Chinese Studies

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60 minutes
Released:
Dec 7, 2015
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What are the differences between religion, magic, and spirituality? Over time, these categories have been articulated in a variety of ways across differing cultures. However, many assume that the multiple understandings are merely derivative of western assertions about secular modernity. In The Modern Spirit of Asia: The Spiritual and the...
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Dec 7, 2015
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