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Hindus

Their Religious Beliefs and Practices

By: Julius Lipner

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Hindus

Their Religious Beliefs and Practices

By: Julius Lipner

Offering us a major study of religious Hinduism, Julius Lipner explains the evolution and multidimensional nature of the religion in a clear and direct fashion. Covering history, belief and practice, he combines factual information with explanation and analysis.

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1135240612

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9781135240615

Hindu Ethics

Purity, Abortion, and Euthanasia

By: Harold G. Coward,Julius Lipner,Katherine K. Young

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Hindu Ethics

Purity, Abortion, and Euthanasia

By: Harold G. Coward,Julius Lipner,Katherine K. Young

Modern Western approaches to India often have focused on metaphysics at the expense of ethics, leading many to see Hinduism as only concerned with the esoteric and the otherworldly. The chapters of this book offer case study explorations that are selected and presented to invite comparisons with the modern West. Such comparisons will help to remove the apparent otherworldly nature of Hindu thought from the minds of Western readers, as well as give depth and new significance to Indian ideas in the areas of medical ethics, social ethics, and human rights. The case studies demonstrate that Indian thought has not ignored deep reflection on ethical problems that are presenting serious challenges to the modern world. They demonstrate that Hinduism has a firm grounding in ethics, even when the most difficult questions are raised.

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0887067638

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Hindu Images and their Worship with special reference to Vaisnavism

A philosophical-theological inquiry

By: Julius J. Lipner

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A philosophical-theological inquiry

By: Julius J. Lipner

Hinduism comprises perhaps the major cluster of religio-cultural traditions of India, and it can play a valuable role in helping us understand the nature of religion and human responses to life. Hindu image-worship lies at the core of what counts for Hinduism – up-front and subject to much curiosity and misunderstanding, yet it is a defining feature of this phenomenon. This book focuses on Hindu images and their worship with special reference to Vaiṣṇavism, a major strand of Hinduism. Concentrating largely, but not exclusively, on Sanskritic source material, the author shows in the course of the book that Hindu image-worship may be understood via three levels of interpretation: the metaphysical/theological, the narratival or mythic, and the performative or ritual. Analysing the chief philosophical paradigm underlying Hindu image-worship and its implications, the book exemplifies its widespread application and tackles, among other topics such as the origins of image-worship in Hinduism, the transition from Vedic to image worship, a distinguishing feature of Hindu images: their multiple heads and limbs. Finally, with a view to laying the grounds for a more positive dialogic relationship between Hinduism and the "Abrahamic" faiths, which tend to condemn Hindu image-worship as "idolatry", the author examines the theological explanation and justification for embodiment of the Deity in Hinduism and discusses how Hinduism might justify itself against such a charge. Rich in Indological detail, and with an impressive grasp of the philosophical and theological issues underlying Hindu material culture, and image-worship, this book will be of interest to academics and others studying theology, Indian philosophy and Hinduism.

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1351967819

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The Face of Truth

A Study of Meaning and Metaphysics in the Vedantic Theology of Rāmānuja

By: Julius Lipner

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The Face of Truth

A Study of Meaning and Metaphysics in the Vedantic Theology of Rāmānuja

By: Julius Lipner

The Face of Truth examines in depth the Vedantic theology of Rāmānuja, the most important and well-known of the classical Hindu theologians. Julius Lipner clearly analyzes Rāmānuja's theory of sacred language and divine predication, his views on the nature of the self, God, and the relationship between infinite and finite being. In addition to offering new insights into and analyses of religious matters, The Face of Truth exposes the theology of language -- the understanding of religious language and God. This is consistent with Lipner's other purpose -- the furthering of inter-religious dialogue, especially between Hindu and Christian points of view. Lipner has also translated several technical Sanskrit terms into English, making his point intelligible to non-Sanskrit readers. Drawing together the complex strands of Rāmānujan thought, Lipner succeeds in increasing inter-religious understanding.

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0887060382

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Hindus

Their Religious Beliefs and Practices

By: Julius Lipner

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Their Religious Beliefs and Practices

By: Julius Lipner

Hindus will be valuable on more than one level: as a source of instruction, as a basis for discussion, seminars and further study, even as a challenge for further research. It provides a new perspective on what it means to live as a Hindu and enables readers to appreciate this great and marvellous religious phenomenon, its extraordinary richness, and the way it encompasses the diversity of human experience.

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Psychology Press

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0415051819

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Debi Chaudhurani, or The Wife Who Came Home

By: Julius J Lipner

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Debi Chaudhurani, or The Wife Who Came Home

By: Julius J Lipner

This is the second in a trilogy of works by the famed Bengali novelist Bankimcandra Chatterji (1838-1894), and the second to be translated by Julius Lipner. The first, Anandamath, or The Sacred Brotherhood was published by OUP in 2005. Bankim Chatterji was perhaps the foremost novelist and intellectual mediating western ideas to India in the latter half of the 19th century. Debi Chaudhurani is a didactic work that champions a particular interpretation of Hindu dharma and wifely duties reflective of the late 19th-century Calcutta context in which it was written. But the story is also compelling. Written in a conversational style, it features surprising plot twists and ideas that are, even today, revolutionary in their daring. Most notably, Bankim makes a woman the embodiment of Lord Krishna's salvific message, as originally enunciated in the Bhagavad Gita. The protagonist, Debi, is a complex figure who is a rejected wife, becomes a bandit queen, represents a goddess figure, and symbolizes the land of India. There is a creative tension between her strength as a leader and her correct role, from the perspective of the author, as a domestic wife. Bankim also focuses on caste and what it means to be a genuine Brahmin, who is transformed by the author into a man who executes responsibilities instead of demanding privileges. Within the context of the teachings of the Gita, the author shares his vision of social activism to improve India. Lipner's idiomatic translation is enhanced by his detailed commentary on the original Bengali text and by a readable introduction that sets the novel and its ideas in context.

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Oxford University Press

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0199738246

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Hindu Images and Their Worship with Special Reference to Vaisnavism

A Philosophical-theological Inquiry

By: Julius Lipner

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A Philosophical-theological Inquiry

By: Julius Lipner

This book focuses on Hindu images and their worship with special reference to Vaiṣṇavism, a major strand of Hinduism. Concentrating largely, but not exclusively, on Sanskritic source material, the author shows in the course of the book that Hindu image-worship may be understood via three levels of interpretation: the metaphysical/theological, the narratival or mythic, and the performative or ritual.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351967827

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The Face of Truth

A Study of Meaning and Metaphysics in the Vedantic Theology of Rāmānuja

By: Julius Lipner

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A Study of Meaning and Metaphysics in the Vedantic Theology of Rāmānuja

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Hindu Ethics

Purity, Abortion, and Euthanasia

By: Harold Coward,Julius Lipner,Katherine K. Young

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Purity, Abortion, and Euthanasia

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0887067646

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Brahmabandhab Upadhyay

The Life and Thought of a Revolutionary

By: Julius J. Lipner

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Brahmabandhab Upadhyay

The Life and Thought of a Revolutionary

By: Julius J. Lipner

Winner of the Best Book in HIndu-Christian Studies award (by the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies, USa), this book explores the life of the Christian and Hindu, prophet and revolutionary, Brahmabandhab Upadhyay, a paradoxical figure who played a key role in the struggle for India's independence.

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0195657977

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Hindu Ethics

Purity, Abortion, and Euthanasia

By: Harold G. Coward

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Purity, Abortion, and Euthanasia

By: Harold G. Coward

The Present Volume Includes A Detailed Introduction And Deals With Purity In Hinduism With Particular Reference To Patanjali`S Yoga Sutras. It Covers Classical Hindu View On Abortion And The Moral Status Of The Unborn. Finally, It Delves Into Traditional Hindu Views And The Contemporary Debate On Euthanasia.

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Posthumous Editing of a Great Master's Work

Special Focus on the Writings of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

By: Graham M. Schweig

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Posthumous Editing of a Great Master's Work

Special Focus on the Writings of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

By: Graham M. Schweig

Posthumous Editing of a Great Master's Work: Special Focus on the Writings of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda examines how a leading figure's hallowed written and published works, which remain so important to the religious community, should be editorially treated following the leader's departure from this world. The volume addresses the theological, ethical, social, and legal implications of posthumous editing—and even improving—a great master's works. This book focuses on the extensive posthumous editing of the works of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, the original world-teacher of Krishna bhakti of the twentieth century. After Swami Prabhupāda departed from this world, some of his disciples, without the expressed approval of the author, attempted to improve on his authorized published work, which resulted in the publication of a continuing series of inauthentic altered editions. This extreme editing of Swami Prabhupāda's works precipitated the scholarly research and inquiry into the posthumous editing of a great master's work that forms the basis of this book.

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Lexington Books

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166693948X

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Debi Chaudhurani, or The Wife Who Came Home

By: Julius J Lipner

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Hindus

Hindus

Hindu Ethics

Hindu Ethics

Hindu Images and their Worship with special reference to Vaisnavism

Hindu Images and their Worship with special reference to Vaisnavism

The Face of Truth

The Face of Truth

Hindus

Hindus

Debi Chaudhurani, or The Wife Who Came Home

Debi Chaudhurani, or The Wife Who Came Home

Hindu Images and Their Worship with Special Reference to Vaisnavism

Hindu Images and Their Worship with Special Reference to Vaisnavism

The Face of Truth

The Face of Truth

Hindu Ethics

Hindu Ethics

Brahmabandhab Upadhyay

Brahmabandhab Upadhyay

Hindu Ethics

Hindu Ethics

Posthumous Editing of a Great Master's Work

Posthumous Editing of a Great Master's Work

Debi Chaudhurani, or The Wife Who Came Home

Debi Chaudhurani, or The Wife Who Came Home

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