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Dāna (Dádiva) em religiões do Sul da Ásia: pressuposições e o lugar de teorias = Dāna (Gifting) in South Asian religions: presuppositions and the place of theory
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Author (aut): Engler, Steven
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This paper analyzes three influential studies of dāna (‘giving’ or ‘charity’) in South Asian religious traditions. After clarifying anthropological and sociological theories of the gift, it argues that a reliance on these ideas has distorted attempts by these and other scholars of religion to make sense of dāna, and of related South Asian social relations and religious motivations. It concludes by underlining the need for the ongoing reflexive refinement of the categories and concepts used by scholars of religion |
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Volume 20, Issue 31
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issn: 2176-1078
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2176-1078
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Dāna (Dádiva) em religiões do Sul da Ásia: pressuposições e o lugar de teorias = Dāna (Gifting) in South Asian religions: presuppositions and the place of theory
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