Crossing Religious Frontiers: Studies in Comparative Religion (Studies in Comparative Religion - World Wisdom)

✍ Scribed by Harry Oldmeadow (Ed.)

• Publisher: World Wisdom
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 230
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

How should we view religions that are different from our own? In a world where misunderstandings and disagreements between cultures and faiths are commonplace, this fascinating book, the first in a new series called Studies in Comparative Religion, helps us put other faiths in context and addresses the problem of encountering conflicting religious forms. Featuring 23 fascinating articles from religious scholars and the personal accounts of the remarkable individuals who have lived theses encounters first hand.

✦ Table of Contents

STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE RELIGION......Page 2
CONTENTS......Page 6
Crossing Religious Frontiers......Page 8
I PRINCIPLES......Page 12
On Crossing Religious Frontiers......Page 14
Not Fusion But Mutual Understanding......Page 29
On Religion......Page 39
Religious Pluralism and the Transcendent Unity of Religions......Page 44
II PERSPECTIVES......Page 52
The Paths of the Ancient Sages:......Page 54
“What Hast Thou Done?”:......Page 61
Make Your Choice......Page 71
Sri Ramakrishna and Religious Tolerance......Page 78
Coomaraswamy, St. Augustine, and the Perennial Philosophy......Page 84
The Universality and Timeliness of Monasticism......Page 87
The Transcendent Unity of Religions and Spiritual Practice......Page 96
The One and Only True Path......Page 103
The Metaphysics of the Feminine and its Indian Roots:......Page 114
A Note on C.S. Lewis and Ecumenism......Page 124
The Depth-Dimension of Religious Dialogue......Page 126
III ENCOUNTERS......Page 140
In the Cave of the Heart:......Page 142
Muhammad Pickthall and the Twilight of Classical Islam......Page 146
Ito’s Cave......Page 152
Dweller on the Threshold:......Page 155
The Writings of Swami Abhishiktananda (Fr Henri Le Saux)......Page 169
The Exiled Immortal:......Page 194
A Visit to the Jagadguru......Page 205
Book Reviews......Page 210
Notes on Contributors......Page 226
Note on the Editor......Page 228

✦ Subjects

Религиоведение;Общее и сравнительное религиоведение;