How The Balinese See The Sea: Interpretations Of Oceanic Power, 2018 SIT Study Abroad
How The Balinese See The Sea: Interpretations Of Oceanic Power, Margaret Dougherty
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
No abstract provided.
Balance And Imbalance: The Necessity Of Natural Disasters In Balinese Hinduism, 2018 SIT Study Abroad
Balance And Imbalance: The Necessity Of Natural Disasters In Balinese Hinduism, Lorin Foster Demuth
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
No abstract provided.
The Benefits Of Past-Life Regression And Reincarnation, 2018 Gettysburg College
The Benefits Of Past-Life Regression And Reincarnation, Taylor-Jo Russo
Student Publications
Reincarnation, or the belief in rebirth, is a fascinating belief that many cultures and different groups of people choose to subscribe to. While it typically accompanies various religions, the idea of reincarnation can be presented in other ways as well, such as regression therapy. Past-life regression therapy involves being hypnotized and recalling previous lives, memories, and information possible through levels of incarnations. Many therapists, psychologists, and even laymen attempt to use past-life regression therapy as a useful tool in overcoming anxieties, fears, dealing with every day concerns, and understanding phenomena. “Maintaining a critical eye but also an open mind. In …
Review Of Teachings Of The Odd-Eyed One By David P. Lawrence, 2018 Cleveland State University
Review Of Teachings Of The Odd-Eyed One By David P. Lawrence, Sucharita Adluri Ms.
Sucharita Adluri
No abstract provided.
Review Of Indian Thought And Western Theism: The Vedanta Of Ramanuja, 2018 Cleveland State University
Review Of Indian Thought And Western Theism: The Vedanta Of Ramanuja, Sucharita Adluri
Sucharita Adluri
No abstract provided.
Sabda Pramana As A Theological Category In Vedanta Desika's Tattvamuktakalapa, 2018 Cleveland State University
Sabda Pramana As A Theological Category In Vedanta Desika's Tattvamuktakalapa, Sucharita Adluri Ms.
Sucharita Adluri
This article considers the Sravaisnava theologian Vedanta Desika's (14th-century CE) understanding of sabdapramana and deference to sabdapramana that is evident in one of his most important expositions the Tattvamuktakalapa and its commentary the Sarvarthasiddhi. For Desika, deference to sabdapramana is motivated by belief in a particular view of reality. This would be the acceptance of Visnu as the Brahman of the upanisads, his connection to authoritative scripture, and its propagation. Furthermore, to defer to sabdapramana requires membership in a community and the requisite pedagogical training that confers the authority needed to speak for the tradition.
Yoga In The Visnu Purana, 2018 Cleveland State University
Yoga In The Visnu Purana, Sucharita Adluri Ms.
Sucharita Adluri
Though scholarship on diverse methods of yoga in the Indian traditions abounds, there has not been sufficient research that examines the traditions of yoga in the puranas. The present paper explores yoga articulated in the Visnu Purana (fourth century CE) and argues that what seems like a unified teaching is a composite of an eight-limbed yoga embedded within an instruction on proto-Sämkhya. An evaluation of the key elements of yoga as developed in this text as a whole, clarifies our understanding of the emergence of yoga and its relationship to epic formulations on the one hand and to the Classical …
Is Slumdog Millionaire A Retelling Of The Ramayana? (Hindi), 2018 University of Nebraska at Omaha
Is Slumdog Millionaire A Retelling Of The Ramayana? (Hindi), William L. Blizek, Michele M. Desmarais
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a Hindi translation of the article that appears in English in this same issue.
Is a banner with a picture of Rama and Sita on it and the word, “Ramayana,” the only link between the film Slumdog Millionaire and the great Hindu epic? In this paper we explore elements in the film that correspond to elements in the Ramayana. There is no one-to-one correlation, and some relationships between the two are, in fact, mirror images. However, there are enough correlations and influences to suggest that the film might be considered a retelling of the Ramayana. We also acknowledge …
Jewelry In Hinduism: A Mission Challenge, 2018 Andrews University
Jewelry In Hinduism: A Mission Challenge, J. L. Samir
Journal of Adventist Mission Studies
"The issue of adornment and jewelry is a point of contention between Western and Eastern Christians. When Hindus accept Jesus Christ, they are expected to dispose of all adornment and jewelry before becoming members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. To Hindus, this is one of the confirmations that the Seventh-day Adventist Church is an agent of Western culture trying to replace their Eastern values and way of life. The Adventist position on adornment and jewelry is a challenge to many Hindus because of the different cultural ideals and meanings behind adornment within the South Asian context."
Contextualization Of An Indian Christian Marriage: A Case Study, 2018 University of the Southern Caribbean
Contextualization Of An Indian Christian Marriage: A Case Study, Chanchal Gayen
Journal of Adventist Mission Studies
"In this case study the Pheras ceremony was reinterpreted, but many of the cultural elements were retained. Biblical meanings were substituted for the cultural meanings that went against the teachings of Scripture. When doing this type of contextualization it is important to constantly pour Christian meanings into the cultural practice. Good biblical teaching is the antidote to syncretism, a danger that is always present while doing contextualization. The local people appreciated the fact that the wedding ceremony incorporated local cultural elements that were important to them. This approach also communicated the idea that Christianity is not a Western religion, but …
Kreeft's "Between One Faith And Another: Engaging Conversations On The World's Great Religions" (, 2018 Montreat College
Kreeft's "Between One Faith And Another: Engaging Conversations On The World's Great Religions" (, Elizabeth Pearson
The Christian Librarian
No abstract provided.
Sacred Springs: Perceptions Of Religion And Water In Village Communities Of Uttarakhand, 2018 SIT Study Abroad
Sacred Springs: Perceptions Of Religion And Water In Village Communities Of Uttarakhand, Juliet Risko
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
This study explores the rural area of Pauri Garhwal in Uttarakhand to gain an understanding of the relationship between traditional societies and their natural environment – including perceptions of water in the community, the aspect of religious rituals involving such resources, and the impact that these factors have on the overall health of the community. Originally, the water body of interest was the Ganga, with the complex layers of spirituality surrounding her waters. However, upon visitation to the community, it was discovered that natural springs held a much greater importance to the individual and collective lives in the area. Through …
Sikh Self-Sacrifice And Religious Representation During World War I, 2018 Montclair State University
Sikh Self-Sacrifice And Religious Representation During World War I, John Soboslai
Department of Religion Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
This paper analyzes the ways Sikh constructions of sacrifice were created and employed to engender social change in the early twentieth century. Through an examination of letters written by Sikh soldiers serving in the British Indian Army during World War I and contemporary documents from within their global religious, legislative, and economic context, I argue that Sikhs mobilized conceptions of self-sacrifice in two distinct directions, both aiming at procuring greater political recognition and representation. Sikhs living outside the Indian subcontinent encouraged their fellows to rise up and throw off their colonial oppressors by recalling mythic moments of the past and …
Sikh Self-Sacrifice And Religious Representation During World War I, 2018 Montclair State University
Sikh Self-Sacrifice And Religious Representation During World War I, John Soboslai
Department of Religion Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
This paper analyzes the ways Sikh constructions of sacrifice were created and employed to engender social change in the early twentieth century. Through an examination of letters written by Sikh soldiers serving in the British Indian Army during World War I and contemporary documents from within their global religious, legislative, and economic context, I argue that Sikhs mobilized conceptions of self-sacrifice in two distinct directions, both aiming at procuring greater political recognition and representation. Sikhs living outside the Indian subcontinent encouraged their fellows to rise up and throw off their colonial oppressors by recalling mythic moments of the past and …
Book Review: "'Without Ceasing To Be A Christian': A Catholic And Protestant Assess The Christological Contribution Of Raimon Pannikkar, 2018 Harvard University
Book Review: "'Without Ceasing To Be A Christian': A Catholic And Protestant Assess The Christological Contribution Of Raimon Pannikkar, Francis Clooney Sj
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
No abstract provided.
The Ecclesiology Of Pope Francis And The Future Of The Church In Africa, 2017 Fordham University
The Ecclesiology Of Pope Francis And The Future Of The Church In Africa, Bradford E. Hinze
Journal of Global Catholicism
A consideration of the future of African Catholicism in light of the ecclesiology of Pope Francis. The article explores how themes in Francis's ecclesiology work together to challenge centralization, clericalism, and triumphalism in the church by promoting practices of synodality and how these elements support the church’s mission to work against forms of colonialism, neo-colonialism, and the most fundamental matrix of colonial power by advancing radical democracy in society
Hindu Avatar And Christian Incarnation: A Mystery Of The Presence Of God, 2017 Wilfrid Laurier University
Hindu Avatar And Christian Incarnation: A Mystery Of The Presence Of God, Flora Visser
Consensus
No abstract provided.
Review: Roborto Calasso. Ardor. New York: Farrar, Straus And Giroux, 2017 Shawnee State University
Review: Roborto Calasso. Ardor. New York: Farrar, Straus And Giroux, Brian Richards
International Journal of Indic Religions
No abstract provided.
Indians In The Diaspora: A Reflection Of The Indian Culture From An “Outsider’S” Perspective., 2017 Shawnee State University
Indians In The Diaspora: A Reflection Of The Indian Culture From An “Outsider’S” Perspective., Beverly Ochieng-Sande
International Journal of Indic Religions
This Paper examines settlement, dispersal and re-arrival of Indians since during the British Empire. This paper also examines the life of Indo-Kenyans as they settled and participated in the political and social affairs of Kenya and later Uganda.
Ghar Wapsi And The Ethics Of Conversion In India And Other Non-Abrahamic Countries, 2017 Hindu American Foundation
Ghar Wapsi And The Ethics Of Conversion In India And Other Non-Abrahamic Countries, Murali Balaji
International Journal of Indic Religions
The controversy over the Ghar Wapsi (homecoming) conversions in India has brought to focus the problematic ways in which freedom of (and from) religion and secularism have been idealized and enacted in the country since its independence. This paper looks at the state of discourse on conversion - especially the idea of predatory proselytization - and how Ghar Wapsi could compel both Christian and Muslim groups to re-examine the ways in which they convert non-Abrahamic populations. Borrowing from postcolonial frameworks, this paper seeks to problematize the idea of conversion itself in societies such as India - and why Ghar Wapsi …