Johanna Buss
Biographic Data
| ID | 8754030 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Johanna Buss |
| GIVEN NAMES | Johanna |
| FAMILY NAME | Buss |
| SIGNATURE | BUSS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9363-8171 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Understanding of dharmanirapekṣa (“secular”) in the Nepali Online Newspaper Nagarik
The term “secular” has long been interpreted in academia either as opposition towards religion or as a neutral position. As a Western concept deeply entangled with Christianity, its application to non-Christian and non-Western societies is highly contested. In our second case study, we focus on media discourse around Nepali democracy as a secular ( dharmanirapekṣa ) state. The discourse understands dharmanirapekṣa as neutrality or indifference to…
Introduction
The joint introduction explores the history of academic understanding of “the secular” within the field of Religious Studies. We also introduce our two case studies
Conclusion
This conclusion summarises and compares the two preceding case studies: “Secular Voices on Air: The British Debate on Thought for the Day” (Tim Karis) and “The Understanding of dharmanirapekṣa (“secular”) in the Nepali Online Newspaper Nagarik” (Johanna Buss)
The Sixteenth Pinda As A Hidden Insurance Against Ritual Failure
This chapter focuses on a ritual whose performance generally questions the validity of earlier performed rituals by assuming their failure, and aims at eliminating the results of this assumed failure. Nowadays Hindus execute most of the rituals during the first twelve days after death, anticipating the end of the year on the twelfth or thirteenth day with the performance of the sapiṇḍikaraṇa, the 'creating of the piṇḍa-community'. The chapter giv…
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The Sixteenth Pinda As A Hidden Insurance Against Ritual Failure
This chapter focuses on a ritual whose performance generally questions the validity of earlier performed rituals by assuming their failure, and aims at eliminating the results of this assumed failure. Nowadays Hindus execute most of the rituals during the first twelve days after death, anticipating the end of the year on the twelfth or thirteenth day with the performance of the sapiṇḍikaraṇa, the 'creating of the piṇḍa-community'. The chapter giv…
The Understanding of dharmanirapekṣa (“secular”) in the Nepali Online Newspaper Nagarik
The term “secular” has long been interpreted in academia either as opposition towards religion or as a neutral position. As a Western concept deeply entangled with Christianity, its application to non-Christian and non-Western societies is highly contested. In our second case study, we focus on media discourse around Nepali democracy as a secular ( dharmanirapekṣa ) state. The discourse understands dharmanirapekṣa as neutrality or indifference to…
Introduction
The joint introduction explores the history of academic understanding of “the secular” within the field of Religious Studies. We also introduce our two case studies
Conclusion
This conclusion summarises and compares the two preceding case studies: “Secular Voices on Air: The British Debate on Thought for the Day” (Tim Karis) and “The Understanding of dharmanirapekṣa (“secular”) in the Nepali Online Newspaper Nagarik” (Johanna Buss)
Media, Religion, Digital Communication (4 works) · History (3 works) · Nepali (3 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Religious studies (2 works) · Secular state (2 works)