Perspectives On Reincarnation : Hindu, Christian, and Scientific / Jeffery D. Long.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Long, Jeffery D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reincarnation.

Reincarnation--Christianity.

Reincarnation--Hinduism.

Physical Description:

1 electronic resource (200 p.)

Place of Publication:

MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019

Basel, Switzerland : MDPI, 2019.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The articles in this volume, all by leading scholars, examine the topic of rebirth, or reincarnation, from a wide range of perspectives. The main focus of most of the articles is the idea of rebirth as found in Hindu texts and traditions. There are also articles exploring Christian responses to the idea of rebirth as well as expressions of the idea of rebirth in the Western world (such as in the thought of poet William Butler Yeats and in an American context). There are also philosophical and theological articles arguing both for and against the idea of rebirth, as well as articles which take a more historical or literary approach to this topic. The shared thread unifying all of these articles is the idea that rebirth is an important idea that holds great fascination for many. While the primary focus is on Hindu and Christian expressions of or responses to this idea, there are also articles that engage with scientific thinking on this topic, and one which engages with Buddhism as well. In short, this volume is an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural, and cross-traditional exploration of the topic of reincarnation that should appeal to a wide array of readers.

Contents:

Perspectives on Reincarnation: Hindu, Christian, and Scientific - Editors introduction / Jeffery D. Long

One life / Many Lives: An Internal Hindu-Christian Dialogue / Jeffery D. Long

Pātañjala Yoga's Theory of 'Many-Lives' through Karma and Rebirth and Its Eccentric 'Theism' / Gerald James Larson

Seeing in Eternal Return: Hermeneutical Perspectives on Karma and Rebirth / Jonathan Edelmann

Reincarnation: Mechanics, Narratives, and Implications / Christopher Key Chapple

Reincarnation in America: A Brief Historical Overview / Lee Irwin

Hindu Students and Their Missionary Teachers: Debating the Relevance of Rebirth in the Colonial Indian Academy / Nalini Bhushan

An 18th Century Jesuit "Refutation of Metempsychosis" in Sanskrit / Gérard Colas and Usha Colas-Chauhan

To Never See Death: Yeats, Reincarnation, and Resolving the Antinomies of the Body-Soul Dilemma / C. Nicholas Serra

The Reincarnation(s) of Jaya and Vijaya: A Journey through the Yugas / Steven J. Rosen

Belief in Reincarnation and Some Unresolved Questions in Catholic Eschatology / Bradley Malkovsky

Erratum: Belief in Reincarnation and Some Unresolved Questions in Catholic Eschatology / Religions Editorial Office

The Reality and the Verifiability of Reincarnation / Ankur Barua

Science's Big Problem, Reincarnation's Big Potential, and Buddhists' Profound Embarrassment / Ted Christopher

Rebirth According to the Bhagavad gītā; Epistemology, Ontology and Ethics / Ithamar Theodor

One-Birth, Many-Births: A Conversation Reborn A Response to "Perspectives on Reincarnation: Hindu, Christian, and Scientific," a Thematic Issue of Religions / Francis X. Clooney, SJ.

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783038975366

3038975362

Publisher Number:

10.3390/books978-3-03897-536-6