Vaiṣṇava concepts of god : philosophical perspectives /

Vaiṣṇava concepts of god : philosophical perspectives /

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Imprint:Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
©2024
Description:xii, 222 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Routledge Hindu studies series
RoutledgeCurzon Hindu studies series.
Subject:
Vaishnavism -- Doctrines.
God (Hinduism)
God (Hinduism)
Vaishnavism -- Doctrines
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13485189
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Other authors / contributors:Silvestre, Ricardo Sousa, editor.
Herbert, Alan C., editor.
Göcke, Benedikt Paul, 1981- editor.
ISBN:9781032557557
1032557559
9781032557571
1032557575
9781003432081
9781003831747
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"This book analyses the concepts of God in Vaisnavism, which is commonly referred to as one of the great Hindu monotheistic traditions. Addressing the question of what attributes God possesses according to particular textual sources and traditions in Vaisnavism, the book analyses Vaisnava traditions and texts in order to locate them within a global philosophical framework. The book is divided into two sections. The first one, God in Vaisnava Texts, deals with concepts of God found in the canonical Vaisnava texts: the Bhavagad Gita, the Bhagavata Purana, the Pancaratras, and the Mahabharata. The second section, God in Vaisnava Traditions, addresses concepts of God found in several Vaisnava traditions and their respective key theologians. As well as the Alvars, five traditional Vaisnava schools- the Sri Vaisnava tradition, the Madhva tradition, the Nimbarka tradition, the Pustimarga tradition, and the Caitanya Vaisnava tradition- and two contemporary ones Ramakrishna's and Swami Bhaktivedanta's are considered. The book combines normative, critical and descriptive elements. Some chapters are philosophical in nature, others are more descriptive, unpacking a specific Vaiṣṇava concept of God for future philosophical analysis and critique. Written by experts who break new ground in presenting and representing a diversity of Vaiṣṇava texts and tradition, the book presents approaches that reflect the amount of philosophical and historical deliberation on the specific issues and divine attributes considered. This book will be of interest to researchers in the fields of philosophy of religion and Indian philosophy, cross-cultural and comparative philosophy, analytic philosophy of religion, Hindu studies, theology and religious studies"--
Other form:Online version: Vaiṣṇava concepts of god 1. New York : Routledge, 2024 9781003432081
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction / Ricardo S. Silvestre, Alan C. Herbert & Benedikt P. Göcke
  • 2. The concept of god in the Bhavagad-Gītā: A panentheistic account / Ricardo S. Silvestre and Alan C. Herbert
  • 3. Beauty and form as a corollary of a perfect being: Kṛṣṇa in the Bhāgavata-Purāṇa / Edwin Bryant
  • 4. The nature of God in the Pāñcarātra with specific reference to the Jayākhya-Saṃhitā / Gavin Flood
  • 5. Supreme Self and Supreme Lord: Cosmological monotheism in the Mahābhārata epic / Angelika Malinar
  • 6. The Āl̲vār concept of God and Tamil Vaiṣṇavism: If we examine, there is but one God! / Suganya Anandakichenin
  • 7. Two conceptions of the relation between self and God: The debate between Śaṅkara and Rāmānuja / Anand Jayprakash Vaidya
  • 8. In defence of divine transcendence: Madhva's critique of 'material panentheism' / Gabriel Reis de Oliveira and Gustavo Moura Oliveira
  • 9. Non-theism and theism in the Nimbārka Sampradāya / Vijay Ramnarace
  • 10. Embodiment and abstraction: God in Puṣṭimārga / Frederick M. Smith
  • 11. On śaktis and their divine possessor: Towards a Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava concept of God / Alan C. Herbert & Ricardo Sousa Silvestre
  • 12. Harmonising the personal God with the impersonal Brahman: Sri Ramakrishna's Vijñāna Vedānta in dialogue with Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism / Swami Medhananda
  • 13. The God of yoga: Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and divine pedagogy addressing divine hiddenness / Kenneth Valpey and Shivanand Sharma
  • Index.
Purchased by the Francis H. Dowley Endowed Library Fund bookplate

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