Nammalvar, god’s decoy: anthropocentric and theocentric soteriology in the Hindu religions of the Tamil Shrivaishnavas

The basic argument the canonical and apocryphic theologies of the South Indian Tamil Shrivaishnavas grow worm over since centuries is the question: Has God set into motion the process of salvation in order to save mankind - the anthropocentric tradition is teaching -, or in order to save himself, th...

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Main Author: Weber, Edmund 1939- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main 2001
In: Journal of religious culture
Year: 2001
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Summary:The basic argument the canonical and apocryphic theologies of the South Indian Tamil Shrivaishnavas grow worm over since centuries is the question: Has God set into motion the process of salvation in order to save mankind - the anthropocentric tradition is teaching -, or in order to save himself, the way a theocentric soteriology would teach. To answer this question we have to examine particularly the theocentric religion of salvation because it was held apocryphic by the anthropocentic orthodoxy and has therefore to be reconstructed from sources that are all concealed anthropocentrically. ...
ISSN:1434-5935
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religious culture
Persistent identifiers:URN: urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-49413