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Of Vice & Virtue: A Comparative Study of Eastern Orthodox & Mahayana Moral Pedagogies

Bigari, James R.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1310415737

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2011, Master of Arts, Miami University, Comparative Religion.
Through comparing the use of emotion, theology and philosophy in the moral pedagogies of Eastern Orthodoxy and Mahayana Buddhism, this thesis elucidates both the substantive and methodological issues involved in comparing disparate religious traditions. Through the application of a modified set of comparative principles derived from the Comparative Religious Ideas Project, the study shows that such a methodology can provide a partial explanation for the “same-yet-different” or Jonathan Z. Smith’s “déjà vu” phenomenon. It is argued that the knowledge gained from this form of comparison is not merely an epistemologically dubious construct of western scholarship which is artificially imposed upon the traditions. Rather, this comparative method reveals a process of “concept simplification” which occurs when a religious tradition shifts from the act of philosophizing and theologizing to the act of moral education. This shift results in the alignment of previously disparate concepts, thus contributing to the “same-yet-different” phenomenon.
Elizabeth Wilson, PhD (Committee Chair)
Julie Gifford, PhD (Committee Member)
Scott Kenworthy, PhD (Committee Member)
68 p.
Regional Studies
Mahayana Buddhism; Eastern Orthodoxy; Comparative Method; Emotion in Religion; Pedagogy

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  • Bigari, J. R. (2011). Of Vice & Virtue: A Comparative Study of Eastern Orthodox & Mahayana Moral Pedagogies [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1310415737

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bigari, James. Of Vice & Virtue: A Comparative Study of Eastern Orthodox & Mahayana Moral Pedagogies. 2011. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1310415737.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bigari, James. "Of Vice & Virtue: A Comparative Study of Eastern Orthodox & Mahayana Moral Pedagogies." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1310415737

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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