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Cultural Wars, Then And Now, Richard Mcgowan Jan 2009

Cultural Wars, Then And Now, Richard Mcgowan

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

The Islamic world: cartoons provoke riots and death, teachers imprisoned for allowing students to name a teddy bear Muhammad, bombs detonated in markets and on minibuses, rape victims jailed. The Islamic world: leaders of countries reject evidence about the Holocaust and ban the practice of yoga. The Islamic world: irrational behavior in the name of religion.


From Hiroshima To Baghdad: Military Hegemony Versus Just Military Preparedness, Harry Van Der Linden Jan 2009

From Hiroshima To Baghdad: Military Hegemony Versus Just Military Preparedness, Harry Van Der Linden

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

In this paper I question the morality of U.S. military supremacy or hegemony in terms of what constitute the legitimate use of military force and the proper preparation for using such force. I first discuss in a somewhat synoptic fashion how American hegemonic military force (from its very beginning with the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima) has been justified in dishonest ways and wrongly executed. Next, I show that Just War Theory (JWT) needs to be revised in order to come to a convincing assessment of U.S. military hegemony and its use of military force. This leads me …


Entering A Systemic Revolution, David S. Mason Jan 2009

Entering A Systemic Revolution, David S. Mason

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

The collapse of the United States as the global hegemon constitutes a “systemic revolution” that will transform both the U.S. and the rest of the globe. Such a revolution is different from “normal” political revolutions, which entail an overthrow of the government. A systemic revolution ushers in even broader and more enduring changes in economy, society and culture, and it also transcends national boundaries, affecting other countries and the global system itself. It is a global paradigm shift, and we are right smack in the middle of it.


Forjando Al Hombre Nuevo: Cartografías De La Homosexualidad En Las Obras De Teresa Dovalpage, Irune Del Rio Gabiola Jan 2009

Forjando Al Hombre Nuevo: Cartografías De La Homosexualidad En Las Obras De Teresa Dovalpage, Irune Del Rio Gabiola

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

La escritora y critica cubana afincada en Estados Unidos Teresa Dovalpage nos presenta en sus novelas dramas familiares y social de mujeres sometidas al yugo de la esclavitud sexual en una Cuba donde reine la escasez y el poder perentorio de un machismo arraigado a los inicios de le epoca colonial.


Héroes De Marchas Por La Vanguardia Y La Retaguardia: Reconsideraciones De La Masculinidad En Las Obras De Mayra Santos Febres Y Teresa Dovalpage, Irune Del Rio Gabiola Jan 2009

Héroes De Marchas Por La Vanguardia Y La Retaguardia: Reconsideraciones De La Masculinidad En Las Obras De Mayra Santos Febres Y Teresa Dovalpage, Irune Del Rio Gabiola

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Durante las últimas décadas, la literatura del Caribe Hispano se ha encargado de integrar representaciones alternativas de la nación en respuesta a un canon estrictamente universal, hegemónico y homogéneo constituido a través de la inclusión de cuerpos viables y la exclusión de cuerpos desviados, ya sean en términos de género, raza y orientación sexual. Como apunta Emilio Bejel, el imaginario cubano de la modernidad exhibe a un José Martí modelo referencial de la nación puesto que su origen criollo, activismo en política, participación en la Guerra de Independencia de 1895 y su muerte en plena batalla proveen una imagen heroica …


A Never Ending Journey: The Impossibilities Of Home In Sirena Selena Vestida De Pena And Flores De Otro Mundo, Irune Del Rio Gabiola Jan 2009

A Never Ending Journey: The Impossibilities Of Home In Sirena Selena Vestida De Pena And Flores De Otro Mundo, Irune Del Rio Gabiola

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Reconsiderations of home have been crucially examined in Caribbean cultural productions. As Jamil Khader argues in her article on “Subaltern Cosmopolitanism: Community and Transnational Mobility in Caribbean Postcolonial Feminist Writings,” Caribbean feminists are faced with the task of challenging a conventional idea of home that has historically located women and other marginal subjects under conditions of oppression and exploitation. In focusing on the narratives by Aurora Levins Morales, Rosario Morales and Esmeralda Santiago, she points out the infinite sense of homelessness that invades, in particular, these Puerto Rican individuals who need to find more productive manners to articulate “home” while …


Table Of Contents Jan 2009

Table Of Contents

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Table of contents for Volume 22.


Ecstasy And Nonduality: On Comparing Varieties Of Immanence, John J. Thatamanil Jan 2009

Ecstasy And Nonduality: On Comparing Varieties Of Immanence, John J. Thatamanil

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

For the benefit of those who have not read my book, let me offer a few framing remarks. I begin by noting that my initial working title for the book was Ecstasy and Nonduality, not The Immanent Divine. Although somewhat technical, the earlier title had the virtue of stipulating that my book compares two specific types of divine immanence. I root each sort of immanence in a fundamental scriptural locus within the Christian and Hindu traditions. In the Christian case, the scriptural text is Romans 8:26, "Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not …


Rethinking Advaita: Who Is Eligible To Read Advaita Texts?, Anantanand Rambachan Jan 2009

Rethinking Advaita: Who Is Eligible To Read Advaita Texts?, Anantanand Rambachan

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

My most recent work, The Advaita Worldview: God, World and Humanity, exemplifies two related movements. First, I join the growing stream of scholars who are making efforts to distinguish the interpretations of Sankara from later Advaita exegetes. The uncritical equation of Sankara's views with those of later exegetes needs to be challenged. Second, I contend that Advaita reflection and scholarship cannot limit itself to the clarification of Sankara's interpretations. These interpretations must also be critically evaluated in order for the tradition to be relevant and creative. It is problematic to assume that Sankara was immune from historical influences, cultural …


The Society For Hindu-Christian Studies Jan 2009

The Society For Hindu-Christian Studies

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Information about the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies.


Book Reviews Table Of Contents Jan 2009

Book Reviews Table Of Contents

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A listing of the book reviews available in this issue.


Editor's Introduction, Bradley Malkovsky Jan 2009

Editor's Introduction, Bradley Malkovsky

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

The editor's introduction to this issue.


Reconstructing Advaita In John Thatamanil's "The Immanent Divine": Some Questions, Michael Mclaughlin Jan 2009

Reconstructing Advaita In John Thatamanil's "The Immanent Divine": Some Questions, Michael Mclaughlin

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

The publication of John Thatamanil's The Immanent Divine allows us to ask many questions about projects in comparative theology and where they could lead us. I hope that my response to this interesting work will have the value of probing a little more into the tasks of comparative theology. There is no doubt that The Immanent Divine is a remarkable effort. it is also a book which taxes the academic reader who is probably not a specialist in Tillich and Advaita and the various versions of process theology, especially the distinctive version of Robert Neville. I will break down my …


The Human Predicament, Alastair R. Mcglashan Jan 2009

The Human Predicament, Alastair R. Mcglashan

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

In this paper a comparison is presented between the analyses of the human condition offered by Christianity in terms of sin, and by Saiva Siddhanta in terms of anavam (darkness, ignorance). Following a summary of the Saiva teaching on anavam, more detailed comparisons are made between the two religions in relation to particular issues in which the outworking of those doctrines is seen, such as the nature of salvation, of the saviour and of the redeemed state, etc. Areas of difference and of common ground between the two religions are highlighted and discussed.


Ramanuja And Schleiermacher On Language: Comparative Theology For Constructive Theology, Jon Paul Sydnor Jan 2009

Ramanuja And Schleiermacher On Language: Comparative Theology For Constructive Theology, Jon Paul Sydnor

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

The truth of the Veda is affirmed in the aphorism, 'The relation of words to facts is natural [autpattika: inherent, original, primordial] (Mimamsa Sutras I.I.7)'. Just as fire and water do naturally possess their properties like heat, just as the senses like sight and hearing are naturally productive of particular kinds of cognition, words also have a natural power of imparting knowledge.


Reports And News Jan 2009

Reports And News

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Reports and news relevant to the society, including information about its 2009 meeting.


Commendation And Thanks For Fr. Anand Amaladass, S.J. Jan 2009

Commendation And Thanks For Fr. Anand Amaladass, S.J.

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

On behalf of the whole Society, the Board of Directors of the Society of Hindu-Christian Studies formally expresses its gratitude to Fr. Anand Amaladass for his tireless work as founder of the Satya Nilayam Research Institute for Philosophy and Sanskrit in Chennai, for his scholarly oeuvre of numerous articles and over 20 books and edited collections, and his pastoral work on behalf of Hindu-Christian understanding.


Book Review: "An Encounter Of Peripheries: Santals, Missionaries, And Their Changing Worlds, 1867-1900", Chad Bauman Jan 2009

Book Review: "An Encounter Of Peripheries: Santals, Missionaries, And Their Changing Worlds, 1867-1900", Chad Bauman

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of An Encounter of Peripheries: Santals, Missionaries, and their Changing Worlds, 1867-1900 by Marine Carrin.


Book Review: "The Bhajan: Christian Devotional Music In Indian Diaspora", George Pati Jan 2009

Book Review: "The Bhajan: Christian Devotional Music In Indian Diaspora", George Pati

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of The Bhajan: Christian Devotional Music in Indian Diaspora by H. Joy Norman.


Book Review: "The Truth, The Way, The Life: Christian Commentary On The Three Holy Mantras Of The Srivaisnava Hindus", Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier Jan 2009

Book Review: "The Truth, The Way, The Life: Christian Commentary On The Three Holy Mantras Of The Srivaisnava Hindus", Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of The Truth, the Way, the Life: Christian Commentary on the Three Holy Mantras of the Srivaisnava Hindus by Francis X. Clooney, S.J.


Book Review: "Beyond Compare: St. Francis De Sales And Sri Vedanta Desika On Loving Surrender To God", Reid B. Locklin Jan 2009

Book Review: "Beyond Compare: St. Francis De Sales And Sri Vedanta Desika On Loving Surrender To God", Reid B. Locklin

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Beyond Compare: St. Francis de Sales and Sri Vedanta Desika on Loving Surrender to God by Francis X. Clooney, S.J.


Book Review: "The Experience Of God: Icons Of The Mystery", Joseph Prabhu Jan 2009

Book Review: "The Experience Of God: Icons Of The Mystery", Joseph Prabhu

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of The Experience of God: Icons of the Mystery by Raimon Panikkar.


Book Review: "Yoga: India's Philosophy Of Meditation", Harold Coward Jan 2009

Book Review: "Yoga: India's Philosophy Of Meditation", Harold Coward

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Yoga: India's Philosophy of Meditation edited by Gerald James Larson and Ram Shankar Bhattacharya.


Book Review: "Sacrifice And Cosmos: Yajña And The Eucharist In Dialogue", Swami Tyagananda Jan 2009

Book Review: "Sacrifice And Cosmos: Yajña And The Eucharist In Dialogue", Swami Tyagananda

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Sacrifice and Cosmos: Yajña and the Eucharist in Dialogue by George Praseed.


Book Review: "Kurisumala: Francis Mahieu Acharya--A Pioneer Of Christian Monasticism In India", Edward T. Ulrich Jan 2009

Book Review: "Kurisumala: Francis Mahieu Acharya--A Pioneer Of Christian Monasticism In India", Edward T. Ulrich

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Kurisumala: Francis Mahieu Acharya--A Pioneer of Christian Monasticism in India by Marthe Mahiue-De Praetere.


Book Review: "Christianity In India: From Beginnings To The Present", Kristin Bloomer Jan 2009

Book Review: "Christianity In India: From Beginnings To The Present", Kristin Bloomer

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Christianity in India: From Beginnings to the Present by Robert Eric Frykenberg.


Recent Articles Of Interest 2009 Jan 2009

Recent Articles Of Interest 2009

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

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


Books Reviewed In Hcsb And Jhcs Vols 1-22 (1988-2009) Jan 2009

Books Reviewed In Hcsb And Jhcs Vols 1-22 (1988-2009)

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A listing of all the books reviewed in the publication, volumes 1 through 22.


Response To Rambachan's "The Advaita Worldview" And Thatamanil's "The Immanent Divine", Michelle Voss Roberts Jan 2009

Response To Rambachan's "The Advaita Worldview" And Thatamanil's "The Immanent Divine", Michelle Voss Roberts

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

In light of postcolonial and feminist criticism, it has become good form for scholars to "locate themselves" with regard to their subject matter by laying out their values and presuppositions to the extent possible. Because supposedly "objective" or "neutral" scholarship often reflects hegemonic interests, this practice ideally brings self-awareness about the discourses we carry into the hermeneutical process. Postcolonial discourse since Edward Said's Orientalism (1978) instructs that if Western academics are to continue representing the so-called East, they must at least acknowledge the dominance of Western and Christian presuppositions in this scholarly tradition.


Book Review: "The Perfectability Of Human Nature In Eastern And Western Thought", Bradley Malkovsky Jan 2009

Book Review: "The Perfectability Of Human Nature In Eastern And Western Thought", Bradley Malkovsky

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of The Perfectability of Human Nature in Eastern and Western Thought by Harold Coward.