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Askese und Devotion: Das rituelle System der Terāpanth Śvetāmbara Jains (2012)
Preprint / Working Paper
Flügel, P. Askese und Devotion: Das rituelle System der Terāpanth Śvetāmbara Jains. London

Historical-philological investigations of Jaina scriptures have a more than two hundred year history. Yet, even today not much is known about the lifestyle of the Jainas or Jains. Since almost two thousand years Jinism or Jainism is split into the tw... Read More about Askese und Devotion: Das rituelle System der Terāpanth Śvetāmbara Jains.

Jainism (2012)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (2012). Jainism. In H. K. Anheier, & M. Juergensmeyer (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Global Studies. Vol. 3 (975-979). Sage

The Encyclopedia entry highlights the recent transformation of Jainism from an universalist ideology (idea-logy) of world-renunciation into an ideology for world-transformation. These widespread changes in the Jaina tradition are not unprecedented. T... Read More about Jainism.

Stūpa as Tīrtha: Jaina Monastic Funerary Monuments (2012)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2012). Stūpa as Tīrtha: Jaina Monastic Funerary Monuments. Jaina studies, 7, 25-27

One of the principal findings of recent research at SOAS on Jaina rituals of death is that in addition to temples relic stūpas serve as alternative destinations for pilgrimage across almost the entire Jaina sectarian spectrum. The report points out s... Read More about Stūpa as Tīrtha: Jaina Monastic Funerary Monuments.

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.