Myth as Metaphysics: The Christian Saviour and the Hindu Gods

A distinction which is often rehearsed in some strands of Christian writing on the ‘Eastern’ religions, especially Hinduism, is that while they are full of ‘mythological’ fancies, Biblical faith is based on the solid rock of ‘historical’ truth. I argue that the sharp contours of this antithesis are...

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Main Author: Barua, Ankur (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands 2012
In: Sophia
Year: 2012, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 379-393
Further subjects:B Incarnation
B Mythology
B avatāras
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