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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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

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

A Quaker Theology Of Education -- A Response, Caroline Whitbeck

Quaker Religious Thought

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A Review From Three Directions, Galen Mcnemar Hamann

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.

A Review From The Deeper Hues Of The Landscape, Elizabeth Cazden

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.

Contributors -- Quaker Religious Thought, No. 112, Paul Anderson

Quaker Religious Thought

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Front Matter -- Quaker Religious Thought, No. 113, Paul Anderson

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.

Levinas And The Invisibility God, Jeffrey Dudiak

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.

Recovering The Lost Radiance: The Kingdom Of God, The Early Friends, And The Future Of Quakerism, Gerard Guiton

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.

從香港想像中國 : 香港南來作家研究 (1937-1949), Guixin Hou

Lingnan Theses

二十世紀三四十年代的香港南來作家在中國現代文學史和香港新文學史上都產生了深遠影響，本文以之為研究對象，所要研究的核心問題是：在這一時間段（1937－1949）， 南來作家在其香港書寫中展現了怎樣的現代民族國家想像？與此相關的問題則是：中國現代文學在香港發生了什麼？它為香港文學帶來了什麼？

論文第一章為〈緒論〉，簡述研究動機、研究目的，討論現有研究概況，提出本文的研究思路及架構。第二至第八章分為上下兩篇，上篇為「文學生產」，包括第二至第三章，重點分析當時香港的文化空間及文學生產。其中，第二章簡述作家因戰爭 幾度南下香港、將香港建成為一個全國性「臨時文化中心」的史實，分析作家們如何利用當時殖民統治下的公共空間，進行多元言說。第三章討論作家們如何利用現代傳媒進行文學生產，塑造現代民族國家這一「想像的共同體」。

下篇為「話語實踐」，包括第四至第八章，重點討論南來作家在文學創作和批評活動中如何實踐民族主義話語與階級／革命話語。第四章討論南來作家現代民族國家想像與土地的關係。第五章分析南來作家作品中對革命的敘述，這種敘述以階級鬥爭為中心，目的在於尋求革命的合法性。第六章集中討論南來作家在香港進行的两次大規模文學論爭，包括「民族形式」論爭與「方言文學」討論，這些論爭都以大眾化為目標，但也存在誤區。第七章專門論述戴望舒、徐遲等幾位現代詩人如何通過寫作向人民和革命靠近，在此過程中逐漸失去「自我」，將「小我」融入「大我」之中。第八章闡釋1948－1949 年間南來作家在香港展開的文藝批判運動，通過批判對文藝界進行意識形態清理，使得「中國現代文學」轉向「中國當代文學」。

最後，本文第九章〈結論〉部分在以上論述的基礎上，總結香港南來作家的現代民族國家想像的基本特點，嘗試對南來作家在文學史上的地位提出個人見解。

三蘇小說研究（1950 年代）, Ka Chun Cheung

Lingnan Theses

本研究會從兩個方向進行討論︰一、）作為報人、知識份子、文化人的高雄與五十 年代報章與文壇（通俗文化及嚴肅文學兩個場域）的關係。二、）以經紀拉、旦仃、石 狗公、史得等筆名寫連載小說的三蘇，其作品與社會、時代的關係。在第一部分的討論 中，除了探討作家與媒體、文化場域的關係外，也會個別討論到作品所涉及的特有問題， 如「三及第」文體於小說創作，及時代文化的意涵。而第二部分的討論，則集中對五十 年代兩類連載小說進行分析，透過文本細讀的方法，結合時代、社會背景進行比對，從 而探討作品在通俗文學的類別中所跨越及達到了的意義和貢獻。最後，就現存有關三蘇 作品資料整理的部分，進行必要的修正及補充。

三蘇（1918-1981），原名高德雄（或名高德熊），香港五、六十年代知名作家，先 後為多家報紙寫社論及連載小說，有筆名三蘇、經紀拉、石狗公、小生姓高、旦仃、周 弓、史得、許德、吳起、凌侶、區品器、禹伯等。對五、六年代的香港社會而言，報張 除了作為一種資訊傳播的媒介，更是流行文化的載體。於一定程度上，更是當時社會東 西文化交流、漸趨國際化的具體表徵。報紙連載便是這個時期特殊的文化產物，深受普 羅大眾歡迎。通俗文學作家中，作品題材之廣、產量之多、語言風格之奇尤以三蘇為箇 中佼佼者。他的創作由四十年代末一直持續到八十年代初，見證香港報業的黃金時代， 同時也是作家本人創作的高峰期。

《說文》籀文與商周古文字關係之研究, Wing Kin Lee

Lingnan Theses

籀文，一般認為出自童蒙識字課本《史籀篇》，故其文字稱為「籀」。然《史籀篇》早亡，迄今能確證為籀文者，僅餘東漢許慎（68－148）《說文解字》（下 稱《說文》）所錄的227 形籀文。

過往，學者對《史籀篇》的作者及成書年代多有研究，但看法並不一致。傳統觀點根據東漢班固（32－92）和許慎的說法，以《史籀篇》為周宣王時太史籀 所作。然而近代王國維（1877－1927）提出新說，他認為史籀並非人名，懷疑《史籀篇》並非作於西周，而是「春秋戰國之間」秦人所作，並進而提出「所謂秦文， 即籀文也」的觀點，以籀文為戰國時秦國通行之文字。此後，學者對此說多有評 述，但至今未有定論。本文旨在結合商、周的甲骨金文和戰國古文字材料，與《說文》籀文作比較分析，重新審視班、許舊說與王國維說，以確定籀文的時代，並 以此為基礎，進而考察《說文》籀文與殷商、西周、春秋、戰國文字所存在的關係。

通過《說文》籀文與古文字材料的逐字系聯和對比，本文發現籀文與西周金文的相合程度最高，二者應為同時期的文字。換言之，傳統以《史籀篇》為西周宣王時作的觀點並不容輕易推翻，王國維把《史籀篇》成書時代推遲的說法似乎未能成立。此外，針對籀文的流傳範圍，本文系聯了籀文與戰國各系古文字材料， 發現籀文在春秋戰國時期固然行用於秦國，但東土六國使用籀文的情況亦甚普 遍，故此，王氏的「秦用籀文」之說並不符合出土古文字材料所反映的實際情況。

Ethical Problems In Connection With World Poverty, Wing Fan

Lingnan Theses

World economy has been doing well in recent decades even taking into account the current financial crisis. However, there are even more people suffering from poverty and related issues than earlier. I am going to discuss the issue of helping poor people in the context of ethics.

In my thesis, I will firstly state the standard of absolute poverty, which will be the main focus in the remainder of the text. Then, I will present the argument given by a contemporary philosopher, Peter Singer, that urges us to give money to the poor people. I will go through his argument …

康德的道德情感理論及牟宗三先生的批評與闡釋, Wing Yu, Esther Wong

Lingnan Theses

本論文的題目為「康德的道德情感理論與牟宗三先生的批評與闡釋」。自當代新儒家牟宗三先生援引康德哲學來重新詮釋儒家哲學，中西比較哲學的討論頓時 變得活躍起來，筆者亦因讀到牟先生的著作，而對康德的哲學產生興趣。筆者以“道德情感”為比較康德與牟先生的儒學之開展，是因為注意到道德情感在 兩者哲學中的獨特位置，希望通過探討牟先生對康德的批評與闡釋，能夠指出道德情感所具有的形上意涵。通過比較康德與牟先生的道德哲學，筆者希望能 揭示兩者所採用哲學的方法以至其哲學的系統架構，從而能對兩者作恰如其分的定位。

Explaining Depiction : Recent Debates In The Philosophy Of Pictorial Representation, Chi Kei, Solly Leung

Lingnan Theses

This thesis begins with a succinct survey of theories of depiction and then turns to two highly influential contemporary philosophical accounts, namely, the aspect-recognition theory proposed by Dominic McIver Lopes, and Robert Hopkins’s experienced resemblance theory. The latter two theories of pictorial representation are presented in detail before objections to both accounts are presented and assessed.

One of the central contentions of the thesis is that the aspect-recognition theory succumbs to a number of serious objections. First of all, this account rests upon a philosophically problematic notion of semantic information and consequently fails to account adequately for the possibility of …

The Whole Headlight-Colored Night, Matthew Bryan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This collection of short fiction probes the lives of characters trying to make their home in the flat, unchanging landscape of the small towns that make up central Florida. The largely static environment reflects the rigid patterns of behavior and domesticity the characters find themselves so easily falling into. Seemingly ordinary items-a shotgun, a t-shirt, a paper bag-and the small moments that make up everyday life are imbued with significance as men and women painfully aware of their own ordinariness struggle to hold onto those fragile instances of connection, happiness, or even their own self-constructed sense of identity. The struggle …