The study of modern Indian responses to the challenge of pluralism reveals the outcome of 2500 years of experience in this "living laboratory" of religious encounter, and offers wisdom to the modern West in its relatively recent encounter with this challenge. A remarkable team of scholars joins forces in this book to examine how religious pluralism actually functions in India. It focuses on both the responses from within Hinduism and of other religions in India, with chapters on Parsis, Indian Islam, Indian Christianity, ...
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The study of modern Indian responses to the challenge of pluralism reveals the outcome of 2500 years of experience in this "living laboratory" of religious encounter, and offers wisdom to the modern West in its relatively recent encounter with this challenge. A remarkable team of scholars joins forces in this book to examine how religious pluralism actually functions in India. It focuses on both the responses from within Hinduism and of other religions in India, with chapters on Parsis, Indian Islam, Indian Christianity, Sikhism, and Tibetan Buddhism.
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Fine. 0887065716. Still wrapped in plastic.; 340 pages; Part I: Responses from Within HInduism: 1. Gandhi and Religious Pluralism; 2. The Responses of the Brahmo Samaj; 3. The Response of the Arya Samaj; 4. The Response of the Ramakrishna Mission; 5. The Response of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother; 6. The Response of Swami Bhaktivedanta; 7. The Response of Modern Vaisnavism; 8. Saiva Siddhanta and Religious Pluralsm; 9. India's Philosophical Response to Religious Pluralism; Part II: Responses from Other Religious Within India: 10. Parsi Attitudes to Religious Pluralism; 11. Modern Indian Muslim Responses; 12. The Sikh Response; 13. A Modern Indian Christian Response; 14. The Response of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Community in the Indian Exile;