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Over the last few decades historians and other scholars have succeeded in identifying diverse patterns of connection linking religious communities across Asia and beyond. Yet despite the fruits of this specialist research, scholars in the subfields of Islamic and Buddhist studies have rarely engaged with each other to share investigative approaches and methods of interpretation. This volume was conceived to open up new spaces of creative interaction between scholars in both fields that will increase our understanding of the circulation and localization of religious texts, institutional models, ritual practices, and literary specialists. The book's approach is to scrutinize one major dimensio...
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Excerpt from Mohammed and Islam Born in Hungary in 1850, he carried on his university studies at Budapest, Berlin, Leyden and more par ticularly at Leipzig. After obtainn his degree of Doc tor of Philosophy, he travelled for a year in the Orient and was one of the first Europeans to continue his Arabic studies at al-azhar, the famous University of Cairo. Through this opportunity he not only became conversant with modern Arabic in addition to his knowledge of the classical speech, but came into close contact with native theologians which strengthened his interest in those phases of Mohammedanism to which he has devoted the greater part of his career. On his return to his own country he became...
Brings to life topics and theories of cognition and shows the impact of cognitive theories on other fields of psychology. Practical coverage of cognitive neuroscience focuses on how localization of cognitive processes gives insight on function. This fifth edition includes new coverage of neuroscience, plus online cognitive demonstrations at a Web site. Learning features include questions and key terms. A separate study guide contains strategies for increasing comprehension and memory, and outlines of each chapter in the text, along with questions and answers.