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History

Sharma, Arvind

Americas

HarperOne

This important work does much to extend and redefine the ground of the philosophy of religion, which has been conducted in a purely Western context. The discussion, whether it be about the soteriological nature of religion, the grounds for belief in God, the problem of evil, or the question of verifiability, takes on quite a different meaning in the context of Eastern religions. Arvind Sharma seeks to place this debate, with particular reference to the work of such writers as James, F.R. Tennant, Tillich, Randall, Braithwaite, D.Z. Phillips, Rom Hare, Basil Mitchell, John Hick, W.A. Christian, and W.C. Smith, in the Buddhist context. At the same time he clarifies some of the possible misapprehensions which result from a commonality of religious language shared between Buddhism and Hinduism as regards the nature of religious revelation, immortality, karma, and reincarnation.

The Philosophy of Religion: A Buddhist Perspective

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Oxford University Press

No religion ever remains static: it affects and is in turn affected by material reality. In this book, Sharma examines the contours of this creative tension in contemporary Hinduism. Sharma attempts to raise self-awareness of this dimension of Hinduism to an unprecedented level. In this way, he hopes, that in the context of modernization and globalization, Hindus will be able to make conscious choices that will keep their religion at the cutting edge of the contemporary world instead of the periphery.

Hinduism for Our Times

Religion & Spirituality

Hinduism

The Philosophy of Religion: A Buddhist Perspective (Oxford India Paperbacks)

Buddhism

Hinduism For Our Times

This concise and lucid book is divided into sections which deal with the key concepts of Hinduism such as karma, dharma, maya, moksa and varna and the main gods and goddesses of the Hindu pantheon. Arvind Sharma introduces contemporary readers to the texts and ideas crystallized during the "classical" period from the fourth to the tenth century BCE and explains their contemporary relevance.

Classical Hindu Thought: An Introduction

This introduction to classical Hinduism is divided into sections dealing with key concepts such as Karma, Dharma, Maya, Moksa, Varna; the main gods and goddesses of the Hindu pantheon--Devi, Siva, Brahma, Visnu--and texts such as the Purusarthas and Vedas. It also covers different systems of yoga: Jnana, Bhakti, and Karma yogas.

Classical Hindu Thought: An Introduction (Essential Writings,)

It has been long taken for granted in the study of Hinduism over the past two centuries that the Hindus lacked a sense of history. This book marshalls evidence to render this assumption, which has had far-reaching consequences, implausible.

Hinduism and Its Sense of History

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 angles.

Hinduism and Human Rights: A Conceptual Approach (Law in India Series)

The three works brought together in this collection explore Buddhism as a rich source of literary legend, an austere ethical guide, and a contemporary philosophy very relevant in the modern world in view of the resurgence of interest in the Buddha and his philosophy. Matthew T. Kapstein in his Introduction provides a concise historical overview of Buddhism in India and the renewal of interest in the Buddha s teachings and also situates the works in their prope contexts.

The Buddhism Omnibus: Comprising Gautama Buddha, The Dhammapada, and The Philosophy of Religion

Radhakrishnan, S.

Singh, Iqbal

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