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Infinite paths to infinite reality : Sri Ramakrishna and cross-cultural philosophy of religion / Ayon Maharaj.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maharaj, Ayon, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ramakrishna, 1836-1886.
- Ramakrishna.
- Religion--Philosophy.
- Religion.
- Religious pluralism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 350 pages).
- Other Title:
- Sri Ramakrishna and cross-cultural philosophy of religion
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- Sri Ramakrishna is widely known as a nineteenth-century Indian mystic who affirmed the harmony of all religions on the basis of his richly varied spiritual experiences and eclectic religious practices, both Hindu and non-Hindu. In 'Infinite Paths to Infinite Reality', Ayon Maharaj argues that Sri Ramakrishna was also a sophisticated philosopher of great contemporary relevance.
- Contents:
- Sri Ramakrishna's philosophy of vijñāna vedanta
- A cross-cultural inquiry into divine infinitude : Sri Ramakrishna, paraconsistency, and the overcoming of conceptual idolatry
- "All faiths are paths" : a reconstruction and defense of Sri Ramakrishna's vijñāna-based model of religious pluralism
- John Hick's Vedantic road not taken? : Hick's evolving views on religious pluralism in the light of Sri Ramakrishna
- Beyond perennialism and constructivism : Sri Ramakrishna's manifestationist model of mystical experience
- A cross-cultural defense of the epistemic value of mystical experience : Sri Ramakrishna, self-authentication, and the argument from experience
- Sri Ramakrishna's multidimensional response to the problem of evil : skeptical theism, saint-making theodicy, and the panentheistic standpoint of vijñāna
- A cross-cultural approach to the problem of evil : Sri Ramakrishna, the Rowe-Alston debate, and Hick's soul-making theodicy.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-086825-2
- 0-19-086826-0
- 0-19-086824-4
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