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O Mistress Mine | 20-96530, Steven Plank

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O Mistress Mine
from "Three Shakespeare Songs"

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Shall I Compare Thee | 20-96520, Steven Plank

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Shall I Compare Thee
"Three Shakespeare Songs"

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20-96520

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Lyrics By:
William Shakespeare

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Steven Plank

Introductory Information And Introduction, Bradley Malkovsky

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Introductory information for this volume, including the editorial advisory board and the editorial policy, as well as an introduction by the editor.

Meeting Information

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Information about the annual meeting of the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies.

Book Review: "Missionaries, Rebellion And Proto-Nationalism: James Long Of Bengal 1814-87", Julius Lipner

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Missionaries, Rebellion and Proto-Nationalism: James Long of Bengal 1814-87 by Geoffrey A. Oddie.

Recent Articles Of Interest

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A listing of articles recently published of interest to the Society.

Book Reviews Table Of Contents

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A listing of the book reviews available in this issue.

The Politics And The Dharma Of Conversion: Reflections From The Mahabharata, Arti Dhand

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

This reflection is in the context of trends of the last decade in India, in which some Hindu nationalists have resisted the proselytizing activities of Christian missionaries with tactics of intimidation and terror.

Evangelization And Conversion Reconsidered In The Light Of The Contemporary Controversy In India: A Hindu Assessment, Anantanand Rambachan

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

The contemporary controversy in India, centered on the issue of evangelization and conversion, has elicited a variety of responses from both Hindus and Christians. Swami Dayananda Saraswati, a well known Vedanta teacher and founder of Arsha Vidya Pitham, equates conversion with violence because of the pain it causes to the family and community of the convert. He likens the religions of the world to ancient historical monuments and argues that these religions, like the pyramids of Egypt, must be preserved and protected. He expresses his approval for what he describes as "nonaggressive" religions that do not seek to win converts. …

Reports & News

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Reports and news relevant to the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies.

Religious Conversions: An Indian Christian Point Of View, Michael Amaladoss

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

The phenomenon of conversions as changing one's religious affiliation has become an issue for lively discussion and even controversy in India today. Some do not see the need for them. others are ready to tolerate them, but decry the use of allurement or force. Force need not be physical: it could be psychological, social or even spiritual. Democracy is a game of numbers. Therefore the increase in the numbers of one religious group becomes a political problem, when religion has become a factor in politics. Some would like to keep religion a private affair that should not get mixed up …

The Controversy And Its Theological Implications, Judson B. Trapnell

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

The controversy concerning evangelization and conversions in contemporary India may be productively interpreted as a conflict between stories, between what John Haught refers to as "power-bestowing narratives," or between what Gerald Larson calls "comprehensive interpretive frameworks." These Hindu stories and Christian stories are "discordant," not only with each other, but with other stories within their own traditions, thus fostering the mutual mistrust that thoroughly colors the debate. My task is to sketch four such narrative frameworks, each centered upon an image of India and corresponding to one of four communities involved in the controversy: conservative Hindu nationalists, more secularist Hindus, …

Call For Nominations

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

The Society's Nominations and Elections Committee - Lance Nelson (chair), Leslie Orr, and John Thatamanil - invites nominations for the positions of vice-president and secretary, and for two new board members. Nominees for these offices should be persons willing to serve and generally able to attend the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion.

Tribute: Tamal Goswami, Julius Lipner

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A tribute to Tamal Goswami (1947-2002).

Book Review: "Crossing The Borders: Essays In Honour Of Francis X. D'Sa On The Occasion Of His 65th Birthday", J.T.K. Daniel

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Crossing the Borders: Essays in Honour of Francis X. D'Sa on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday edited by Anand Amaladass and Rosario Rocha.

Book Review: "Jules Monchanin (1895-1957) As Seen From East And West, Volumes 1 And 2", Judson B. Trapnell

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Jules Monchanin (189501957) as Seen from East and West, volumes 1 and 2 edited by Thomas matus and Sister Sarananda.

Briefly Noted, Harold Coward, Bradley Malkovsky

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Brief reviews of Joseph Molleur's Divergent Traditions, Converging Faiths: Troeltsch, Comparative Theology, and the Conversation with Hinduism and Purity of Heart and Contemplation. A Monastic Dialogue Between Christian and Asian Traditions edited by Bruno Barnhart and Joseph Wong.

Review Of Sharon Anderson-Gold, Unnecessary Evil: History And Moral Progress In The Philosophy Of Immanuel Kant (2001), Harry Van Der Linden

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Harry van der Linden's review of: Unnecessary Evil: History and Moral Progress in the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant. By Sharon Anderson-Gold. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001. Pp. xiii, 138. ISBN 0-7914-4819-3 (hbk) $50.50; 0-7914-4820-7 (pbk) $17.95.

Rethinking Mechanistic Explanation, Stuart Glennan

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Philosophers of science typically associate the causal-mechanical view of scientific explanation with the work of Railton and Salmon. In this paper I shall argue that the defects of this view arise from an inadequate analysis of the concept of mechanism. I contrast Salmon's account of mechanisms in terms of the causal nexus with my own account of mechanisms, in which mechanisms are viewed as complex systems. After describing these two concepts of mechanism, I show how the complex-systems approach avoids certain objections to Salmon's account of causal-mechanical explanation. I conclude by discussing how mechanistic explanations can provide understanding by unification.