Fetishizing tradition : desire and reinvention in Buddhist and Christian narratives - Cole, Alan, 1964- (Albany : State University of New York Press, 2015)
Methodology and a world of commentary -- Paul's letters, or how God became a Jewish priest -- The Gospel of Mark, or narrative as floating patriarchy -- The Sutra on the land of bliss, or, that place between texts and tongues -- The platform Sutra of the sixth patriarch, or, paternal truth for the masses.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Desire -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism; Desire -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Buddhism -- Doctrines; Christian art and symbolism; Fetishism; Buddhism -- Doctrines; Christian art and symbolism; Desire -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism; Desire -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Fetishism; RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament; Electronic books