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An Introduction
Hinduism is not just a religious belief, it is also a philosophy based upon certain key concepts. Modern Hindu Thought: An Introduction is devoted to ...
The Case for Reciprocal Illumination
Comparison is at the heart of religious studies as a discipline and foundational to the field's methodology. In this book, Arvind Sharma introduces th...
Introduces the texts and ideas of Hinduism, crystallized during the 4th to the 10th century BCE. This book explains their contemporary relevance and d...
A Spiritual Biography
DIV In his Autobiography, Gandhi wrote, “What I want to achieve—what I have been striving and pining to achieve these thirty years—is self-reali...
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This set is an unprecedented examination of religion's influence on modern life, an honest assessment of how religion can either destroy us or preserv...
The novelty of this book consists of the fact that it introduces the reader to the basic tenets of Advaita Vedanta in three independent but complement...
Rereading the Manusmriti
'To write on the Manusmriti is to play with fire! This statement is not merely metaphorical; the Manusmriti has a history of being literally torched. ...
A Contemporary Reader
This wide-ranging reader combines some of the best and most valuable contemporary perspectives from leading and significant writers, teachers, and thi...
This book offers a unique perspective on September 11 and our world after this tragic event, sharing lessons from an Asian religious experience that c...
A Study of British Rule over India from a Saidian Perspective
Edward Said's Orientalism (1978) is a seminal work in the field of postcolonial culture studies. It critiqued Western scholarship about the Eastern wo...
The present Indian academic self-understanding of its history and culture is largely Western in origin. This Western intellectual enterprise, however,...
The Seven World Religions Introduced by Preeminent Scholars from Each Tradition
An essential introduction to the world's living religions by experts from each tradition -- published in conjunction with the 1993 Parliament of the W...
Addressing religion and feminism on a global scale, this unprecedented book contains a nuanced and fine-tuned treatment of seven of the world's religi...
A Comparative Study in Religion and Reason
Philosophy of religion, as we know it today, emerged in the West and has been shaped by Western philosophical and theological trends, while the philos...
Historical and Phenomenological Essays
This volume outlines the approaches to human rights and responsibilities within the different world religions. Featuring contributions from over 15 sc...
Models of Social Integration in India and the United States
This book examines the principles underlining the policies of reservation and affirmative action adopted by two non-homogeneous and multi-ethnic socie...
A cross-cultural examination of the well-known Hindu school of philosophy, Advaita Vedanta, in light of modern Western philosophy of religion. Western...
A Buddhist Perspective
This important work does much to extend and redefine the ground of the philosophy of religion, from William James to Paul Tillich, has been conducted ...
This pioneering work examines the existing understanding of Hinduism in relation to human rights discourse. Written by a leading Hindu scholar, Hindu ...
Indian philosophy bases itself on three states of consciousness: waking, dreaming, and deep sleep. Deep sleep, or susupti, plays an important role in ...
Genuflexions on a Fractured Knee
A highly personal meditation on the nature and meaning of suffering. An adequate explanation of suffering is perhaps the most intractable issue in the...
The philosophical significance of Jainism extends far beyond its statistical presence in India and the world, for it lies in the unique quality of its...
Volume III
Just as a mirror captures a large area within its small limit, this journal reflects the otherwise far-ranging and far-reaching phenomena that are cat...
This Work Surveys The State Of Hindu Studies Over The Ages By Studying The History Of Hinduism. Critically Analyzing The Literature That Emerged Durin...
Studies in a New Religious Movement
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Philosophy of religion as a discipline first arose in Europe; its subject matter has been profoundly influenced by the practices of European Christian...
The concept of religious freedom is the favoured modern human rights concept, with which the modern world hopes to tackle the phenomenon of religious ...
Chiefly on Hinduism....
A Study in Hindu Axiology
A Contribution to the Dialogue of Civilizations
This is a broad and accessible examination of the origin and evolution of the concept of human rights. While it is often taken for granted that the co...
Renowned scholar of Hinduism, Arvind Sharma, presents a concise and highly accessible introduction to Hindu spirituality, focusing especially on the v...
The Experiential Dimension of Advaita Vedanta provides a clear, concise and precise introduction to Advaita Vedanta, on the basis of something more po...
The Religiously Comparative Reflections of a Comparatively Religious Hindu
One Religion Too Many is a Hindu pilgrim's progress through the world's religious traditions. An eminent scholar of comparative religion, Arvind Sharm...
Women Speak On World Religions
They say religion is a personal and private affair. But when a woman believes in a tradition, she has a relationship to that faith beyond her sacred s...
An English Translation of the Mṛcchakaṭika of Śūdraka as adapted for the stage by A.L. Basham
An English translation of a well-known Sanskrit play which revolves around the romantic theme of the love of a high-born man for a courtesan....