Hindu mission, Christian mission: soundings in comparative theology
"Offers a new, interreligious approach to questions of mission and conversion, grounded in a close study of the Chinmaya Mission, Ramakrishna Mission and other movements associated with the Hindu tradition of Advaita Vedānta"--
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Albany
SUNY Press
[2024]
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Series/Journal: | SUNY series in religious studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hinduism
/ Advaita
/ Conversion (Religion)
/ Geschichte 700-
B Ramakrishna Mission / Chinmaya Mission / Conversion (Religion) / Hinduism B Hinduism / Christianity / Mission (international law / Intercultural theology |
| IxTheo Classification: | BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism CA Christianity FD Contextual theology RJ Mission; missiology TJ Modern history TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Chinmaya Mission
B Conversion Hinduism B Hinduism Missions B Ramakrishna Mission B Missions B Advaita B Vedanta |
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Table of Contents Blurb Literaturverzeichnis |
| Summary: | "Offers a new, interreligious approach to questions of mission and conversion, grounded in a close study of the Chinmaya Mission, Ramakrishna Mission and other movements associated with the Hindu tradition of Advaita Vedānta"-- Introduction: Beyond the Conversion Controversy -- Part I: Constructing Missionary Advaita: 1. Toward a Comparative Theology of Mission -- 2. A History of Missionary Advaita in Late Modernity -- 3. Paradigms and Styles of Advaita Mission -- Part II: Fruits of Encounter: 4. A Gospel of Inner Experience? Transcending Limits of Language and Culture -- 5. Conquest of the Quarters? Crossing Borders and Charting New Geographies -- 6. All Selves, and Whole Selves? Striving for Social and Political Liberation -- 7. From Lower to Higher Truth? Rethinking Conversion -- Conclusion: The Still More Common Task -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 418 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 1438497407 |