Understanding Jainism, by Lawrence A. Babb and Jainism: A Guide for the Perplexed, by Sherry Fohr

Authors

  • Naomi Appleton University of Edinburgh Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.35345

Keywords:

Ethnography, Jainism, narrative, ritual, understanding of universe, women in Jainism

Abstract

Understanding Jainism, by Lawrence A. Babb. Edinburgh: Dunedin, 2015. 198 pp., £12.50 (pb). ISBN 978-1-780-46032-1.

Jainism: A Guide for the Perplexed, by Sherry Fohr. London & New York: Bloomsbury, 2015. 176 pp., £54 (hb), £16.19 (pb and Ebook). ISBN 978-1-441-15116-2 (hb), 978-1-441-16594-7 (pb), 978-1-474-22755-1 (eBook).

Author Biography

  • Naomi Appleton, University of Edinburgh

    University of Edinburgh

References

Dundas, Paul. 2002. The Jains. 2nd edn. London: Routledge.

Jaini, Padmanabh S. 1979. Oakland, CA: University of California Press.

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Published

2017-12-27

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2016)

Section

Book Reviews

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How to Cite

Appleton, N. (2017). Understanding Jainism, by Lawrence A. Babb and Jainism: A Guide for the Perplexed, by Sherry Fohr. Religions of South Asia, 10(3), 324-326. https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.35345