Jonathan B Edelmann

Hindu Theology and Biology

The Bhagavata Purana and Contemporary Theory

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Produktbeschreibung

A unique response to the challenging questions raised in the science and religion dialogue by drawing on Hindu theology. Edelmann replies to the sciences through close reading of an important Hindu text, the Bh¿gavata Puräa, as well engaging with Hindu philosophical disciplines such as Säkhya-Yoga.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780199641543
• ISBN-10: 0199641544
• Artikelnr.: 33723126

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface * Introduction: The Purpose and Possibility of Dialogue * A Dialogue Between Science and Religion? * The Meaning of Bh
gavata Theology * Types of Biological Texts * Anatomy of a Worldview * 1: Setting the Scene * Bh
gavata Puräa Overview * Contemporary Evolutionary Theory Overview * 2: Ontology of Body, Mind and Consciousness * Ontology of the Bh
gavata * Physicalism: Views From Darwin and Neuroscience * Reconciling Physicalism and the Ontology of the Bh?gavata * 3: Toward a Bh
gavata Theory of Knowledge * The Instruments of Knowledge * Relationships Between the Instruments of Knowledge * Testimony, Nonsensory Perception and Practice * 4: The Study of Nature as Vaishnava-Yoga * Cosmic Body * Cosmogony * Cosmography * 5: Seeing Truth, Hearing Truth * Objectivity in the Natural Sciences * Testimony in the Sciences * Transforming Vaishnava Theology: Reflections on Hermeneutics * 6: Moving from Nature to God * From Scientific Theory to God * Closer Comparisons * Science as a Form of Religious Practice * Closer Comparisons * Conclusion