Arvind Sharma - Böcker

Published for the 1993 Parliament of the World's Religions, this is the first introduction to the topic in which renowned scholars present their own traditions--Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--from both ...

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A study of the Buddhist philosophy of religion in comparison with Western religious philosophy.

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The agenda of this book is two-fold: to assess certain basic concepts of Hindu philosophy in the light of contemporary reality; and to reinterpret them in ways that seem appropriate for our times.

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The traditionally accepted canon of philosophy of religion is dominated by Western thinking. Here Arvind Sharma sheds new light by seeing the subject through a Buddhist perspective. A lively and interesting study of topics such as the shared relig...

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The agenda of this book is two-fold: to assess certain basic concepts of Hindu philosophy in the light of contemporary reality, and to reinterpret them as seems appropriate for our times. Arvind Sharma is a well-known populariser of religious and ...

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Modern Hindu Thought: The Essential Texts presents biographies of thinkers such as Dayanand, Ramakrishna, Vivekananda, Keshub Chandra Sen and Gandhi, along with extracts from key writings.

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Classical Hindu Thought is divided into sections, dealing with key concepts such as karma, dharma, maya, moksa, varna; the main gods and goddesses of the Hindu pantheon - Debi, Siva, Brahma, Visnu - and texts such as the Purusarthas and Vedas. It ...

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It has been a given in the study of Hinduism for the past two centuries that the Hindus lacked a sense of history. The evidence marshalled in this book renders this assumption, which has had far-reaching consequences, implausible.

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The book offers to undertake a conceptual approach to the issue of Hinduism and Human Rights in a cultural ethos in which they are perceived. It offers a rich network of interrelated questions about Human Rights from variety of Hindu and non-Hindu...

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This book deals with 'modern' Hindu thought, from c.1800 to the 1990s. It lucidly delineates the historical context of modern Hindu thought, explains the key concepts of modern Hinduism in relation to the other, and analyses the terms constitutive...

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This is a cross-cultural examination of the well-known Hindu school of philosophy, Advaita Vedanta, in the light of modern Western philosophy of religion.

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Philosophy of religion, as we know it today, emerged in the West and has been shaped by Western philosophical and theological trends, while the philosophical tradition of India flowed along its own course until the late nineteenth century, when ac...

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This set is an unprecedented examination of religion's influence on modern life, an honest assessment of how religion can either destroy us or preserve us, and a thorough exploration of what steps might be necessary for all religions to join ...

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This set is an unprecedented examination of religion's influence on modern life, an honest assessment of how religion can either destroy us or preserve us, and a thorough exploration of what steps might be necessary for all religions to join toget...

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The first spiritual biography of Gandhi, whose confidence in the power of the soul changed world history In his Autobiography, Gandhi wrote, "What I want to achieve-what I have been striving and pining to achieve these thirty years-is self-re...

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In his Autobiography, Gandhi wrote, "e;What I want to achieve-what I have been striving and pining to achieve these thirty years-is self-realization, to see God face to face. . . . All that I do by way of speaking and writing, and all my ventu...

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The first spiritual biography of Gandhi, whose confidence in the power of the soul changed world history In his Autobiography, Gandhi wrote, What I want to achievewhat I have been striving and pining to achieve these thirty yearsis self-realizatio...

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Part of the Problem, Part of the Solution unleashes religion's true potential to do good by bridging the modern divide between religion and an ever pervasive secular society, a notion often loathed by individuals on both sides of the religiou...

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Part of the Problem, Part of the Solution unleashes religion's true potential to do good by bridging the modern divide between religion and an ever pervasive secular society, a notion often loathed by individuals on both sides of the religious ais...

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This book offers a unique perspective on September 11 and our world after this tragic event, sharing lessons from an Asian religious experience that can help heal a world troubled by religious conflicts and deepening divisions, and promote a posit...

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This book offers a unique perspective on September 11 and our world after this tragic event, sharing lessons from an Asian religious experience that can help heal a world troubled by religious conflicts and deepening divisions, and promote a posit...

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This pioneering work examines the existing understanding of Hinduism in relation to human rights discourse. Written by a leading Hindu scholar, Hindu Narratives on Human Rights is organized around specific rights, such as the right to own property...

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This pioneering work examines the existing understanding of Hinduism in relation to human rights discourse.Written by a leading Hindu scholar, Hindu Narratives on Human Rights is organized around specific rights, such as the right to own property,...

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All arts and sciences, in their own way, ultimately try to come to grips with reality. What sets philosophy, theology and religion apart is that they grapple with ultimate reality. Over the decades spanned by John Hick's life, in the course o...

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They say religion is a personal and private affair. But when a woman believes in a tradition, she has a relationship to that faith beyond her sacred space. Religious traditions' historically poor treatment of women has lead many to question w...

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They say religion is a personal and private affair. But when a woman believes in a tradition, she has a relationship to that faith beyond her sacred space. Religious traditions'' historically poor treatment of women has lead many to question why t...

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They say religion is a personal and private affair. But when a woman believes in a tradition, she has a relationship to that faith beyond her sacred space. Religious traditions'' historically poor treatment of women has lead many to question why t...

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This collection of essays by internationally renowned women scholars both contests the notion of fundamentalism and attempts to find places where it might convege with women's roles in the various world's religions. The essayists explore...

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This collection of essays by internationally renowned women scholars both contests the notion of fundamentalism and attempts to find places where it might convege with women's roles in the various world's religions. The essayists explore fundament...

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