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The Resource The spirit of contradiction in Christianity and Buddhism, Hugh Nicholson, (electronic resource)

The spirit of contradiction in Christianity and Buddhism, Hugh Nicholson, (electronic resource)

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Hugh Nicholson examines the role of social identity processes in the development of two religious concepts. The first of these is the Christian claim that the Son is of the same substance as the Father, a concept which forms the basis of the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity. The second is the Buddhist doctrine of No-self, the claim that the personality is reducible to its impersonal physical and psychological constituents. Both doctrines are massively counterintuitive in the sense that they violate the default expectations that human beings spontaneously make about basic categories of things in the world. The book argues that the development of counterintuitive doctrines like No-self and consubstantiality can be understood in terms of the social psychological principle that, all things being equal, members of a group will seek to maximise the contrast with the dominant out-group--
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eng
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The spirit of contradiction in Christianity and Buddhism
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The spirit of contradiction in Christianity and Buddhism
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Hugh Nicholson
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eng
Summary
Hugh Nicholson examines the role of social identity processes in the development of two religious concepts. The first of these is the Christian claim that the Son is of the same substance as the Father, a concept which forms the basis of the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity. The second is the Buddhist doctrine of No-self, the claim that the personality is reducible to its impersonal physical and psychological constituents. Both doctrines are massively counterintuitive in the sense that they violate the default expectations that human beings spontaneously make about basic categories of things in the world. The book argues that the development of counterintuitive doctrines like No-self and consubstantiality can be understood in terms of the social psychological principle that, all things being equal, members of a group will seek to maximise the contrast with the dominant out-group--
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Nicholson, Hugh
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index present
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non fiction
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  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Series statement
Oxford scholarship online.
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  • Identification (Religion)
  • Identity (Psychology)
  • Christianity
  • Buddhism
  • Contradiction
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specialized
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The spirit of contradiction in Christianity and Buddhism, Hugh Nicholson, (electronic resource)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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online resource
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text
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EDZ0001329202
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1 online resource.
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online
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Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
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9780190455361
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computer
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rdamedia.
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  • c
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remote
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(OCoLC)945784107
Label
The spirit of contradiction in Christianity and Buddhism, Hugh Nicholson, (electronic resource)
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190455347.001.0001
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
EDZ0001329202
Extent
1 online resource.
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
Isbn
9780190455361
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • c
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)945784107

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