Religion for a Secular Age: Max Müller, Swami Vivekananda and Vedānta
Religion for a Secular Age provides a transnational history of modern Vedānta through a comparative study of two of its most important exponents, Friedrich Max Muller (1823-1900) and Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902). This book explains why Vedānta's appeal spanned the ostensibly very different contexts of colonial India and Victorian Britain and America, and how this ancient form of thought was translated by Muller and Vivekananda into a modern form of philosophy or religion. These religiously-committed men attempted to reconcile religion with modernity by appealing to Advaita (literally, 'non-dualistic') Vedānta's monistic interpretation of reality. The 'scientific' study of religion allegedly demonstrated the evolutionary superiority of Vedānta and the possibility of religion's survival in 'the light of modern science'. They believed Vedānta could also provide the religious basis for moral engagement in this world, even as the hold of orthodox Christianity and traditional Hinduism appeared to be weakening. Vedānta thus served as a way of articulating a form of religion suitable for a secular age - religion which has embraced modern forms of thought while breaking away from creeds, scriptures and institutions to thrive in the spheres of public debate of London, Calcutta and New York.
yazar | Thomas J Green |
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Boyutlar ve boyutlar | 15.6 x 1.17 x 23.4 cm |
Tarafından yayınlandı | 2 Temmuz 2020 |
29 Ekim 2011 WADE H MCCREE 18,9 x 0,3 x 24,6 cm 28 Ekim 2011 ROBERT H BORK 18,9 x 0,6 x 24,6 cm 18,9 x 0,4 x 24,6 cm 1 Ocak 2017 15 x 0,5 x 22 cm 28 Şubat 2018 3 Ocak 2017 18,9 x 0,5 x 24,6 cm Mdpi AG Additional Contributors ERWIN N GRISWOLD 30 Ekim 2011 Kolektif 18,9 x 0,2 x 24,6 cm
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yazar | Thomas J Green |
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isbn 10 | 0367596857 |
isbn 13 | 978-0367596859 |
Yayımcı | Routledge |
Boyutlar ve boyutlar | 15.6 x 1.17 x 23.4 cm |
Tarafından yayınlandı Religion for a Secular Age: Max Müller, Swami Vivekananda and Vedānta | 2 Temmuz 2020 |
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