Vol. 27 (1999): Arc: The Journal of the Faculty of Religious Studies

Published: 1999-05-01

Introduction from the Editors

• Introduction

  1–2

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Articles

• The Zen of Assassination The Cases of Fukusada Mugai and Yamamoto Gempō

  Brian A. Victoria

  5-36

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• The Role of Reason in Aquinas and Calvin

  Jim Kanaris

  37-65

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• Rethinking Jewish Ritual Toward an Eclectic Approach

  S. Daniel Breslauer

  67-78

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• The Music of the Mantra Aural Efficacy and Aesthetics in Buddhist Esotericism

  Randall R. Scott

  79-96

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• How to Approach a Strange Manuscript A Novel('s) Look at the Historical Task

  Michael J. Gilmour

  97-107

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• Alterity and Nothingness An Exploration of Nishida's I and Thou

  Gereon Kopf

  109-122

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• Compassion in The Tibetan Book of the Dead and the Jewish Tractate Mourning A Comparative Study

  Vanessa R. Sasson

  123-136

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• Córdoban Discourses A Drama of Interreligious Dialogue

  James Mark Shields

  137-159

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• Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Responses to the Hebrew Bible

  B. Barry Levy

  161-205

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• Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the World's Religions On the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1998, Montréal, Québec, Canada

  Arvind Sharma

  207-213

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Book Reviews

• Religion and Reductionism: Essays on Eliade, Segal, and the Challenge of the Social Sciences for the Study of Religion, edited by Thomas A. Idinopulos and Edward A. Yonan

  Douglas Allen

  215-216

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• Pruning the Bodhi Tree: The Storm over Critical Buddhism, edited by Jamie Hubbard and Paul L. Swanson

  John M. Thompson

  217-219

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• Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West, by Donald S. Lopez, Jr.

  Lara Braitstein

  219-220

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• The Bible As It Was, by James L. Kugel

  B. Barry Levy

  220-221

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• Traditions of the Bible: A Guide to the Bible As It Was at the Start of the Common Era, by James L. Kugel

  Jason Kalman

  222-223

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• Archives and Libraries in the Ancient Near East, 1500-300 BC, by Olof Pedersén

  Jacqueline S. Du Toit

  223-225

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• Past Imperatives: Studies in the History and Theory of Jewish Ethics, by Louis E. Newman

  S. Daniel Breslauer

  225-227

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• The Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive Guide, by Gerd Theissen and Annette Merz

  Ian H. Henderson

  227-228

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• Argument and Theology in 1 Peter: The Origins of Christian Paraenesis, by Lauri Thurén

  Marc Debanné

  228-231

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• Philosophical Works of Peter Martyr Vermigli: On the Relation of Philosophy to Theology, trans. and edited by Joseph C. McLelland

  W. J. Torrance Kirby

  231-234

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• Faith Beyond Reason: A Kierkegaardian Account, by C. Stephen Evans

  Timothy L. Dyck

  234-237

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• Faith and Reason: Encyclical Letter FIDES ET RATIO of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II on the Relationship Between Faith and Reason

  Joseph C. McLelland

  237-240

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• Sacrificed Lives: Kristeva on Women and Violence, by Martha J. Reineke

  Christine Jamieson

  241-243

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• Fragments of the Spirit: Nature, Violence and the Renewal of Creation, by Mark I. Wallace

  Alyda Faber

  243-245

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