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Meeting Information
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
Information about the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies and its annual meeting.
Book Reviews Table Of Contents
Book Reviews Table Of Contents
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
A listing of the book reviews available in this issue.
Introductory Information And Introduction, Harold Coward
Introductory Information And Introduction, Harold Coward
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
Introductory information, including the editorial policy and the editorial advisory board, and the editor's introduction to the issue.
Grounds For Mutual Growth, C. Murray Rogers
Grounds For Mutual Growth, C. Murray Rogers
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
I was asked to share the way in which my view of Hindu-Christian dialogue has changed over the years and it is a joy to try to do so. Forgive me if, instead of a formal article, I write in a more personal vein as, maybe, a swansong, a last testimony to what has become more and more central in my life. After all at 83 I am likely very soon to be singing my last song!
The Sage Of Pure Experience: The Appeal Of Ramana Maharsi In The West, Thomas A. Forsthoefel
The Sage Of Pure Experience: The Appeal Of Ramana Maharsi In The West, Thomas A. Forsthoefel
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
Wilhelm Halbfass's seminal study of the concept of experience in Indian religions illuminates the philosophical ambiguities of the term and its recent appropriations by some neo-Advaitins to serve apologetic ends. Anantanand Rambachand's own study of the process of liberation in Advaita Vedanta also critically reviews these apologetic strategies, arguing that in privileging anubhava, they undervalue or misrepresent the importance given to sruti in Sankara's Advaita. In this article, I hope to extend the work of these two scholars, this time reviewing the unusually strong appeal of a modern adept of Advaita, Ramana Maharsi, to Western scholars and spiritual figures. …
Reports & News
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
A listing of reports and news relevant to the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies.
Book Review: "Religion And Public Culture: Encounters And Identities In Modern South India", Ronald Neufeldt
Book Review: "Religion And Public Culture: Encounters And Identities In Modern South India", Ronald Neufeldt
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
A review of Religion and Public Culture: Encounters and Identities in Modern South India edited by Keith E. Yandell and John J. Paul.
Book Review: "Living With Hindus, Hindu-Christian Dialogues: My Experiences And Reflections", Klaus K. Klostermaier
Book Review: "Living With Hindus, Hindu-Christian Dialogues: My Experiences And Reflections", Klaus K. Klostermaier
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
A review of Living with Hindus, Hindu-Christian Dialogues: My Experiences and Reflections by Vandana Mataji.
Recent Articles Of Interest
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
A listing of recent articles related to the subject of the publication.
Book Review: "Multiculturalism & Minority Religions In Britain: Krishna Consciousness, Religious Freedom, And The Politics Of Location", Harold Coward
Book Review: "Multiculturalism & Minority Religions In Britain: Krishna Consciousness, Religious Freedom, And The Politics Of Location", Harold Coward
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
A review of Multiculturalism & Minority Religions in Britain: Krishna Consciousness, Religious Freedom, and the Politics of Location by Malory Nye.
Tribute: Roderick Ninian Smart, Kenneth Cracknell
Tribute: Roderick Ninian Smart, Kenneth Cracknell
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
A tribute to Roderick Ninian Smart (1927-2001).
Hindu-Christian Dialogue: A Hindu Perspective, K. L. Seshagiri Rao
Hindu-Christian Dialogue: A Hindu Perspective, K. L. Seshagiri Rao
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
I wish to express my deep appreciation and thanks to Professor Harold Coward for inviting me to contribute an article on Hindu-Christian Dialogue: A Hindu Perspective for his Bulletin. This theme has engaged my interest for the last three decades, and I am glad at the opportunity to express my thoughts on this very relevant and significant subject at the dawn of the 21st century.
Retrospective: The Birthing Of A Discipline, William Cenkner
Retrospective: The Birthing Of A Discipline, William Cenkner
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
It is not clear whether Hindu-Christian study is a new enterprise or something that has been in progress for some years. My four decade experience has confronted a set of problems clouding any self-identity. First is the problem of naming. My own preference has always been the written text and my training, likewise, has been textual. In fact every course in graduate school was the study of a particular Indian text, whether Hindu or Buddhist. That's what Indology was about in those years. We were wary of comparative religions done in Europe and further saw religionswisenchaft as generalist and even …
Hindu Bioethics For The Twenty-First Century, S. Cromwell Crawford
Hindu Bioethics For The Twenty-First Century, S. Cromwell Crawford
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
In his Cross Cultural Perspectives in Medical Ethics: Readings, Robert Veatch observes, "The religions of Judaism and Christianity and the secular thought of the political philosophy of liberalism in the Anglo-American West are not the only alternatives to a Hippocratic medical ethic." In fact, the new pluralistic approach to world cultures is introducing us to several religious and philosophical alternatives from outside the Anglo-American West. Just as alternative medicine is becoming recognized and respected, and is being incorporated into mainstream medicine, there is a growing admission that the ethical problems we face today have dimensions that are not adequately …
Book Review: "Religious Conversion, Contemporary Practices And Controversies", Ronald Neufeldt
Book Review: "Religious Conversion, Contemporary Practices And Controversies", Ronald Neufeldt
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
A review of Religious Conversion, Contemporary Practices and Controversies edited by Christopher Lamb and Darrol Bryant.
Book Review: "Beyond Orientalism", Laurie Patton
Book Review: "Beyond Orientalism", Laurie Patton
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
A review of Beyond Orientalism by Fred Dallmayr.
Book Review: "The South Asian Religious Diaspora In Britain, Canada, And The United States", Anantanand Rambachan
Book Review: "The South Asian Religious Diaspora In Britain, Canada, And The United States", Anantanand Rambachan
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
A review of The South Asian Religious Diaspora in Britain, Canada, and the United States edited by Harold Coward, John R. Hinnels, and Raymond Brady Williams.
Book Review: "Protestant Origins In India: Tamil Evangelical Christians, 1706-1835", Francis X. Clooney
Book Review: "Protestant Origins In India: Tamil Evangelical Christians, 1706-1835", Francis X. Clooney
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
A review of Protestant Origins in India: Tamil Evangelical Christians, 1706-1835 by D. Dennis Hudson.
Book Review: "Finding Jesus In Dharma: Christianity In India", M. Thomas Thangaraj
Book Review: "Finding Jesus In Dharma: Christianity In India", M. Thomas Thangaraj
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
A review of Finding Jesus in Dharma: Christianity in India by Chaturvedi.
Briefly Noted, Harold Coward
Briefly Noted, Harold Coward
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
Brief reviews of Mary T. Malone's Women and Christianity, Volume 1: The First Thousand Years and Klaus Klostermaier's Hindu Writings: A Short Introduction to the Major Sources.
Heirarchies In The Nature Of God? Questioning The "Saguna-Nirguna" Distinction In Advaita Vedanta, Anantanand Rambachan
Heirarchies In The Nature Of God? Questioning The "Saguna-Nirguna" Distinction In Advaita Vedanta, Anantanand Rambachan
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
The Advaita tradition has not merely been the focus of my scholarly work; my personal world-view has been shaped by its insights and I continue to be deeply influenced by its understanding of human existence. One cannot, however, ignore the challenges of claims which are different from one's own and my encounter with other Hindu traditions and other religions has led to a re-evaluation of many aspects of my Advaita heritage. I have chosen, in what follows, to reflect on how my original understanding is being transformed by encounters with other traditions by focusing on the Advaita representation of brahman …
Viewpoint: Dialogue: A Call To Friendship, Kenneth Cracknell
Viewpoint: Dialogue: A Call To Friendship, Kenneth Cracknell
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
In the past twelve months we have lost three great figures from the active list of participants in Hindu-Christian dialogue: Wilfred Cantwell Smith (1926-2000), Ninian Smart (1927-2001), and Eric J. Sharpe (1933-2000). It is my keen sense of an ending of an era that leads to the reflections in this Viewpoint.
Book Review: "Christianity Is Indian: The Emergence Of An Indigenous Community", Anand Amaladass
Book Review: "Christianity Is Indian: The Emergence Of An Indigenous Community", Anand Amaladass
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
A review of Christianity is Indian: The Emergence of an Indigenous Community edited by Roger E. Hedlund.