The Theology Of Ramanuja

Author : C. J. Bartley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136853067

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The Theology of Ramanuja by C. J. Bartley Pdf

This is the first attempt to understand Ramanuja in the context of his religious and philosophical tradition. It is the only work which establishes his indebtedness to his immediate predecessor Yamuna and which identifies his actual opponents. It is accordingly a contribution to the wider history of classical Indian thought and not just a consideration of a single individual and his tradition.

Author : John Carman,Vasudha Narayanan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1989-05-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0226093050

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The Tamil Veda by John Carman,Vasudha Narayanan Pdf

In this multifaceted work, John Carman and Vasudha Narayanan clarify historical developments in South Asian religion and make important contributions to the methodology of textual interpretation and the comparative study of world religions.

Author : Julius Lipner
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1986-03-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438411040

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The Face of Truth by Julius Lipner Pdf

The Face of Truth examines in depth the Vedantic theology of Rāmānuja, the most important and well-known of the classical Hindu theologians. Julius Lipner clearly analyzes Rāmānuja's theory of sacred language and divine predication, his views on the nature of the self, God, and the relationship between infinite and finite being. In addition to offering new insights into and analyses of religious matters, The Face of Truth exposes the theology of language — the understanding of religious language and God. This is consistent with Lipner's other purpose — the furthering of inter-religious dialogue, especially between Hindu and Christian points of view. Lipner has also translated several technical Sanskrit terms into English, making his point intelligible to non-Sanskrit readers. Drawing together the complex strands of Rāmānujan thought, Lipner succeeds in increasing inter-religious understanding.

Author : Jon Paul Sydnor
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780227900352

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Ramanuja and Schleiermacher by Jon Paul Sydnor Pdf

Can the comparison of two theologians vastly separated in space and time help contemporary theologians to think better? This book compares two preeminent theologians, Sri Ramanuja of the Hindu tradition and Friedrich Schleiermacher of the Christian tradition. Each argues that God sustains the universe at every moment of its existence, but they work out the divine sustenance in very different ways.

Author : Martin Ganeri
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317551676

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Indian Thought and Western Theism by Martin Ganeri Pdf

The encounter between the West and India in the modern period has also been an encounter between Western modernity and the traditions of classical Indian thought. This book is the study of one aspect this encounter, that between Western scholasticism and one classical Indian tradition of religious thought and practice: the Vedānta. In the modern period there have been many attempts to relate Western theistic traditions to classical Indian accounts of ultimate reality and the world. Parallels have usually been drawn with modern forms of Western philosophy or modern trends in theism. Modern Indological studies have continued to make substantial use of Western terms and concepts to describe and analyse Indian thought. A much-neglected area of study has been the relationship between Western scholastic theology and classical Indian thought. This book challenges existing parallels with modern philosophy of religion and forms of theism. It argues instead that there is an affinity between scholasticism and classical Indian traditions. It considers the thought of Rāmānuja (traditional dates 1017-1137 CE), who developed an influential theist and realist form of Vedānta, and considers how this relates to that of the most influential of Western scholastics, Thomas Aquinas (1224/5-1274 CE). Within what remain very different traditions we can see similar methods of enquiry, as well as common questions and concerns in their accounts of ultimate reality and of the world. Arguing that there is indeed an affinity between the Western scholastic tradition and that of classical Indian thought, and suggesting a reversal of the tendencies of earlier interpretations, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian religion, Hinduism and Indian philosophy.

Author : Julius J. Lipner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1986-06-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781349079155

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Face of Truth by Julius J. Lipner Pdf

Author : Jeaneane Fowler
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781782846352

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Causality by Jeaneane Fowler Pdf

This book examines the concepts of cause and effect from two dimensions. The first concerns the macrocosm of the Universe and how each belief system views creation. The second dimension explores the ways in which beliefs about creation influence the microcosmic world in terms of the nature of the self, the proximate goals within each system, the answers each belief system offers to the presence of evil and suffering in existence, and ideas about the ultimate goal of release from them. All these ideas inform and are fundamental to the understanding of the present-day practices of different faiths, presenting challenges for scriptural testimony balanced with existential living. The final two chapters explore current research in physics concerning the beginnings of the cosmos and what implications such research might have for existence within it, with the final chapter examining scientific views of the nature of the self. Contents include: Judaic and Christian Traditions. Islam. Hinduism. Early Buddhism. Sikhism. Classical Taoism. Recycled Stardust. Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Atoms: The Life and Death of the Self.

Author : Nancy Ann Nayar
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Sri Vaishnava (Sect)
ISBN : 3447032553

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Poetry as Theology by Nancy Ann Nayar Pdf

Author : Shiri Ram Bakshi,Sangh Mittra
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Hindu saints
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025983433

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Saints of India: Sri Ramanuja by Shiri Ram Bakshi,Sangh Mittra Pdf

Author : Godfrey Kesari
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532652646

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The Atonement Creating Unions by Godfrey Kesari Pdf

Why did Jesus die on the cross? Does the atonement have any spiritual significance? This book is a bold and imaginative endeavor to make atonement theology rational, in a fresh way, in our interreligious world. Seeking connections between Christian and Hindu thinking in order to create hermeneutical bridges, Godfrey Kesari aims to open up creative ways of reimagining the doctrine of the atonement, which is so central to the Christian message. Kesari retains the particularity of the unique events embracing the life, suffering, and death of Christ while linking clearly to the more universal considerations that are encountered within Visistadvaitic Hinduism. These explorations in turn contribute to a new way of seeing the Christian revelation. This is a ground-breaking work that attempts to find a way of treating and defending the centrality and theological significance of the atonement with contextual relevance.

Author : Keith E. Yandell Keith E. Yandell,John J. Paul
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136818011

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Religion and Public Culture by Keith E. Yandell Keith E. Yandell,John J. Paul Pdf

The last two centuries have witnessed profound changes in the nature of public consciousness. Nowhere has this been more true than in India, especially in relation to changing cultures of public life and religious tradition in South India. Essays in this collection attempt to explore the intricacies of what is perhaps the single most complex socio-religious environment in the world. The essays consider the evolution of the notion of Hinduism as a distinct and singular separate religion; the relationship between this kind of formulation and various European or western influences in India; and differences which the formation of this idea and its acceptance have made upon wider public consciousness. Each essay also considers certain general issues - such as the passing along of religious authority from one generation to the next, and the rise of disputes over matters both ideological (or doctrinal) and institutional, disputes that are fundamental to the traditions concerned and yet have unmistakable cross-cultural references.

Author : Francis X. Clooney
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780813943121

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Reading the Hindu and Christian Classics by Francis X. Clooney Pdf

We live in an era of unprecedented growth in knowledge. Never before has there been so great an availability of and access to information in both print and online. Yet as opportunities to educate ourselves have greatly increased, our time for reading has significantly diminished. And when we do read, we rarely have the patience to read in the slow, sustained fashion that great books require if we are to be truly transformed by them. In Reading the Hindu and Christian Classics, renowned Harvard Divinity School professor Francis Clooney argues that our increasing inability to read in a concerted manner is particularly notable in the realm of religion, where the proliferation of information detracts from the learning of practices that require slow and patient reading. Although awareness of the world’s many religions is at an all-time high, deep knowledge of the various traditions has suffered. Clooney challenges this trend by considering six classic Hindu and Christian texts dealing with ritual and law, catechesis and doctrine, and devotion and religious participation, showing how, in distinctive ways, such texts instruct, teach truth, and draw willing readers to participate in the realities they are learning. Through readings of these seminal scriptural and theological texts, he reveals the rewards of a more spiritually transformative mode of reading—and how individuals and communities can achieve it.

Author : Julius Lipner
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0887060382

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The Face of Truth by Julius Lipner Pdf

The Face of Truth examines in depth the Vedantic theology of Rāmānuja, the most important and well-known of the classical Hindu theologians. Julius Lipner clearly analyzes Rāmānuja's theory of sacred language and divine predication, his views on the nature of the self, God, and the relationship between infinite and finite being. In addition to offering new insights into and analyses of religious matters, The Face of Truth exposes the theology of language -- the understanding of religious language and God. This is consistent with Lipner's other purpose -- the furthering of inter-religious dialogue, especially between Hindu and Christian points of view. Lipner has also translated several technical Sanskrit terms into English, making his point intelligible to non-Sanskrit readers. Drawing together the complex strands of Rāmānujan thought, Lipner succeeds in increasing inter-religious understanding.

Author : John Clayton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006-11-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1139459260

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Religions, Reasons and Gods by John Clayton Pdf

Traditional theistic proofs are often understood as evidence intended to compel belief in a divinity. John Clayton explores the surprisingly varied applications of such proofs in the work of philosophers and theologians from several periods and traditions, thinkers as varied as Ramanuja, al-Ghazali, Anselm, and Jefferson. He shows how the gradual disembedding of theistic proofs from their diverse and local religious contexts is concurrent with the development of natural theologies and atheism as social and intellectual options in early modern Europe and America. Clayton offers a fresh reading of the early modern history of philosophy and theology, arguing that awareness of such history, and the local uses of theistic argument, offer important ways of managing religious and cultural difference in the public sphere. He argues for the importance of historically grounded philosophy of religion to the field of religious studies and public debate on religious pluralism and cultural diversity.

Author : Charles Taliaferro,Chad Meister
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317294436

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Contemporary Philosophical Theology by Charles Taliaferro,Chad Meister Pdf

In Contemporary Philosophical Theology, Charles Taliaferro and Chad Meister focus on key topics in contemporary philosophical theology within Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, as well as Hinduism and Buddhism. The volume begins with a discussion of key methodological tools available to the philosophical theologian, such as faith and reason, science and religion, revelation and sacred scripture, and authority and tradition. The authors use these tools to explore subjects including language, ineffability, miracles, evil, and the afterlife. They also grapple with applied philosophical theology, including environmental concerns, interreligious dialogue, and the nature and significance of political values. A concluding discussion proposes that philosophical theology can contribute to important reflections and action concerning climate change.