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Sacred Matter: Reflections on the Relationship of Karmic and Natural Causality in Jaina Philosophy (2012)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2012). Sacred Matter: Reflections on the Relationship of Karmic and Natural Causality in Jaina Philosophy. Journal of Indian Philosophy, 40(2), 119-176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10781-011-9150-z

The article examines a fundamental problem in classical Jaina philosophy, namely, the ontological status of dead matter in the hylozoistic and at the same time dualistic Jaina worldview. This question is of particular interest in view of the widespre... Read More about Sacred Matter: Reflections on the Relationship of Karmic and Natural Causality in Jaina Philosophy.

Protestantische und Post-Protestantische Jaina-Reformbewegungen: Zur Geschichte und Organisation der Sthānakavāsī IV (2012)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2012). Protestantische und Post-Protestantische Jaina-Reformbewegungen: Zur Geschichte und Organisation der Sthānakavāsī IV. Berliner indologische Studien, 20, 37-124

Part IV of the study of the Sthānakavāsī Śvetāmbara Jaina traditions focuses on the sociology of monastic schools and sects. It comprises (1) a discussion of Randall Collins' sociological interpretation of Jaina philosophical schools, and earlier sch... Read More about Protestantische und Post-Protestantische Jaina-Reformbewegungen: Zur Geschichte und Organisation der Sthānakavāsī IV.

Burial Ad Sanctos at Jaina Sites in India (2011)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2011). Burial Ad Sanctos at Jaina Sites in India. International Journal of Jaina Studies, 7(4), 1-37

The analysis of the process of gradual integration of religious artifacts into the originally anti-iconic protestant Jaina traditions, starting with relics of renowned saints, and the evolution of pilgrimage centres from the early nineteenth century... Read More about Burial Ad Sanctos at Jaina Sites in India.

International Journal of Jaina Studies Volume 4-6 (2011)
Book
Flügel, P. (Ed.). (2011). International Journal of Jaina Studies Volume 4-6. Hindi Granth Karyalay

Second printed volume of the International Journal of Jaina Studies (IJJS) of the Centre of Jaina Studies at SOAS. Contributions to the journal are first published in the IJJS (Online) with a different pagination and later in book format.

Johannes Klatt's Jaina-Onomasticon (2011)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2011). Johannes Klatt's Jaina-Onomasticon. Jaina studies, 6, 58-61

The Indologist Johannes Emil Klatt (1852-1908) dedicated his short life to the study of the historical records of the Jainas. When he fell ill in 1892, Klatt left behind the monumental nearly completed manuscript of his magnum opus, the Jaina-Onomast... Read More about Johannes Klatt's Jaina-Onomasticon.

Worshipping the Ideal King: On the Social Implications of Medieval Jaina Conversion Stories (2010)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (2010). Worshipping the Ideal King: On the Social Implications of Medieval Jaina Conversion Stories. In P. Schalk, M. Deeg, O. Freiberger, C. Kleine, & A. van Nahl (Eds.), Geschichten und Geschichte: Historiographie und Hagiographie in der asiatischen Religionsgeschichte (357-432). Uppsala

The article argues that not only Jaina poetic fiction, but also the genres of Jain history, even ‘plain’ chronologies, are shaped by the imperatives of religious pragmatics. It demonstrates how through the rhetorical device of ‘communicative self-ref... Read More about Worshipping the Ideal King: On the Social Implications of Medieval Jaina Conversion Stories.

The Jaina Cult of Relic Stūpas (2010)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2010). The Jaina Cult of Relic Stūpas. Numen: International Review for the History of Religions, 57(3), 389-504. https://doi.org/10.1163/156852710X501351

This article gives an overview of recent findings on the thriving cult of bone relic stūpas in contemporary Jaina culture. Although Jaina doctrine rejects the worship of material objects, fieldwork in India on the hitherto unstudied current Jaina mor... Read More about The Jaina Cult of Relic Stūpas.

Truthfulness and Truth in Jaina Philosophy (2010)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2010). Truthfulness and Truth in Jaina Philosophy

Truthfulness and truth are not clearly distinguished in
Jaina scriptures. A maxim of speaking the truth is stated in the so-called “satya-mahāvrata”, which Jain ascetics recite twice a day during their obligatory pratikramaṇa ritual. In accordance w... Read More about Truthfulness and Truth in Jaina Philosophy.

New Developments in Aniconic Jaina Iconography (2010)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2010). New Developments in Aniconic Jaina Iconography. Jaina studies, 5, 24-28

The article analyses for the first time the phenomenon of burial ad sanctos and of the necropolis in the aniconic Jaina traditions, which in certain respects serves as a functional equivalent of the temple city as the principla pilgrimage site, tīrth... Read More about New Developments in Aniconic Jaina Iconography.

Power and Insight in Jaina Discourse (2010)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (2010). Power and Insight in Jaina Discourse. In P. Balcerowicz (Ed.), Logic and Belief in Indian Philosophy (85-217). Motilal Banarsidas

The essay sets out a programme for the sociolinguistic study of Jain discourse by investigating the question how non-distorted communication takes place in hierarchical structures. The focus is on the role of power in processes of indirect communicat... Read More about Power and Insight in Jaina Discourse.