RT Article
T1 Panentheism and the "Most Nonsensical Superstition" of Polytheism: A Critical Examination of K. C. F. Krause's Reception of Vedānta and Hindu Religion
JF European journal for philosophy of religion
VO 14
IS 2
SP 187
OP 208
A1 Medhananda, Swami
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1821189086
AB The German philosopher K. C. F. Krause (1781-1832) found deep conceptual parallels between his panentheistic system and the Indian philosophy of Vedānta. This article critically examines Krause's understanding of Vedānta and popular Hindu religion. I argue that while Krause was correct in viewing the mystical panentheistic doctrine of Vedānta as a precursor to his own philosophy, he was also frequently misled by unreliable translations and secondary texts. Krause, I suggest, was mistaken in characterizing the Hindu practice of image worship as "polytheism" and "idolatry," and I contend, from a Vedāntic standpoint, that Krause's denial of the divinity of Jesus is inconsistent with his own panentheistic metaphysics.
K1 K. C. F. Krause
K1 Vedānta
K1 Panentheism
DO 10.24204/ejpr.2022.3638