Tradition and Transition

Tradition and Transition
Author: Paton Yoder
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2000-10-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1579104681

This one hundred year story of the Amish church depicts the survival of the believers in the early part of the nineteenth century. Revealing the agony of the Great Schism of 1865 which fractured the Amish church, Yoder reveals the coming maturity of the Old Order Amish and the Amish Mennonites, who merged with the Mennonites early in the twentieth century. This book sheds light on the identity and heritage of faith and lifestyle of today's Amish and many Mennonites, and posits that although they hold in common the basic Christian faith, differences in their patterns of obedience remain.

Tradition and Transition

Tradition and Transition
Author: Philip G. Altbach
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9087903596

Among the topics considered are the logic of mass higher education, globalization and inequality, the role of research universities, academic freedom, private higher education, and the academic profession and its problems. These topical chapters are accompanied by in-depth discussions of Asia and Africa.

Zen, Tradition and Transition

Zen, Tradition and Transition
Author: Kenneth Kraft
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic
Total Pages: 242
Release: 1988
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780802110220

Zen Buddhism has flourished for over a thousand years as a rich and complex spiritual tradition. While its origins lie somewhere in the remote mountains of China, today Zen Buddhism has a large number of followers in the West, and its teachings have been transmitted to a variety of cultural settings. "Zen: Tradition and Transition" is a unique anthology which encompasses both the history of Zen and its current practice all over the world. It offers for the first time an overview of Zen Buddhism which brings together contemporary Zen masters and scholars who are among the most distinguished figures in the field. Accessible to beginners as well as challenging to advanced students, "Zen: Tradition and Transition" provides an authoritative and comprehensive perspective on one of the most important spiritual and philosophical movements of our time. -- From publisher's description.

Tradition in Transition

Tradition in Transition
Author: Alvaro Ribeiro
Publisher:
Total Pages: 378
Release: 1996
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

These eighteen essays represent a new generation of eighteenth-century scholarship. Written in honour of Professor Roger Lonsdale of the University of Oxford, the contributions to Tradition in Transition focus on the three main areas of scholarship that Lonsdale has made his own: women writers, marginalized authors and texts, and the shape of the eighteenth-century canon of English Literature. Both reflecting the immense influence of Roger Lonsdale's work to date, and taking in many of the most current issues in eighteenth-century studies at present.

From Judaism to Christianity: Tradition and Transition

From Judaism to Christianity: Tradition and Transition
Author: Patricia Walters
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2010-09-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004214852

As a far reaching tribute to the distinguished career of Thomas H. Tobin, S.J., a team of outstanding biblical scholars has joined to offer essays on the religious milieu of the ancient Mediterranean region. Challenged by Hellenistic and Greco-Roman cultural and political domination, the religious struggles of Jewish and, later, Christian communities sought to maintain tradition as well as mitigate transition. Jewish responses to a Hellenistic world are revealed anew in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the works of Artapanus and Philo. Also, Christian views on the transitory world of the early centuries of the Common Era are brought to light in the New Testament literature, apocryphal texts, and Patristic writings. Professors and students alike will benefit from the depth and breadth of this fresh scholarship.

Out of the East

Out of the East
Author: Hiroji Kubota
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1998
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9780393040883

More than two hundred striking, full-color photographs and captions capture the explosive economic productivity and consumerism sweeping through Asia alongside the traditional customs and natural beauty of the area.

The End of Russian Philosophy

The End of Russian Philosophy
Author: A. Deblasio
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2014-11-27
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1137409908

The End of Russian Philosophy describes and evaluates the troubled state of Russian philosophical thought in the post-Soviet decades. The book suggests that in order to revive philosophy as a universal, professional discipline in Russia, it may be necessary for Russian philosophy to first do away with the messianic traditions of the 19th century.

The Israeli Druze Community in Transition

The Israeli Druze Community in Transition
Author: Randa Khair Abbas
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2021-03-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1527567397

While there are books that describe the history and traditions of the Druze as an ethnic and religious group, this is the first and only academic book of its kind. It gives voice to the Israeli Druze, through in-depth interviews with 120 people, 60 young adults and 60 of their parents’ generation. How is this traditional group, bound together through the centuries by their secret religion and strong value system, dealing with modernization? What contradictions and continuity come to light in the stories of this people during a time of transition? Can their religion, and their very identity, survive the meeting with the modern, technological world? What resources do the young and the not-so-young bring to the task of preserving their community and helping it to flourish as the world changes around them? The people in this text answer these questions through the telling of their stories, in which they express their values, opinions, beliefs and aspirations. The book draws out theoretical, practical, religious and sociological implications from this analysis, in order to shed light on the challenges faced by other traditional societies meeting modernity.

A Billion Trips a Day

A Billion Trips a Day
Author: I. Salomon
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 471
Release: 2013-12-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9401581185

A Billion Trips a Day: Tradition and Transition in European Travel Patterns consists of twenty-four original chapters developed by a network of transport professionals in a coordinated manner. The three parts of the book are: European Mobility Patterns; Dimensions of European Mobility, and National Perspectives. Mobility in fourteen countries is described and ten chapters of analysis compare the major dimensions of travel across Europe, which is seen as a laboratory for transport policies. A Billion Trips a Day: Tradition and Transition in European Travel Patterns questions the uniqueness of European travel and transport policies and demonstrates that, in many ways, Europe is different from other developed economies. However, there are side dissimilarities within Europe. The authors take a deep look at the underlying factors which affect travel behavior, with the objective of providing the necessary information for policy making. The comparative chapters of Part II provide an analysis based on national perspectives of the role of the time dimension travel; automobile ownership and use; commuting; public transport; and international travel. They also review the transport policies applied in Europe, explaining why some policies work in some places, while failing in others.

Indian Classical Dance

Indian Classical Dance
Author: Leela Venkataraman
Publisher: Roli Books Private Limited
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2002
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9788174362162

A sweeping look at the magnificene of Indian culture through its varied dance forms, Indian Classical Dance: Tradition in Transition is a tour de force study of the forms, characteristics, challenges and change in traditional dance. Briliant photographs taken by Avinash Pasricha, undoubtedly the master of Indian dance photography, make the book as vibrant as the dances it presents.