Hermeneutics and Hindu Thought: Toward a Fusion of Horizons
The emergence of Hinduism as a field of study in the Western academia coincides with the development of modern hermeneutics. Despite this coemergence, and the rich possibilities inherent in a dialectical encounter between the theories of modern and pre-mo
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Rita D. Sherma · Arvind Sharma Editors
Hermeneutics and Hindu Thought: Toward a Fusion of Horizons
Editors Rita D. Sherma, Ph.D. Director, Institute for Theology Beyond Boundaries 1245 Chimes Tower Drive Casa Grande, AZ 85222 U.S.A. [email protected]
ISBN: 978-1-4020-8191-0
Prof. Arvind Sharma McGill University Faculty of Religious Studies 3520 University Street Montreal QC H3A 2A7 Canada [email protected]
e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-8192-7
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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rita D. Sherma
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The Hermeneutics of the Word “Religion” and Its Implications for the World of Indian Religions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Arvind Sharma ¨ Max Muller and Textual Management: A Postcolonial Perspective . . . . . . . 33 Sharada Sugirtharajah Being and Text: Dialogic Fecundation of Western Hermeneutics and Hindu M¯ım¯am . s¯a in the Critical Era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Purushottama Bilimoria The Hermeneutic Circle and the Hermeneutic Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Klaus Klostermaier C¯aturdharmya: Hermeneutics of Integrative Differentiation . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Shrinivas Tilak Psychological Growth and Heroic Steadfastness in the Mah¯abh¯arata . . . . . 121 Aditya Adarkar Value Ethics in the Early Upanis.ads: A Hermeneutic Approach . . . . . . . . . 151 T.S. Rukmani Engagement with Sanskrit Philosophic Texts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Stephen H. Phillips Truth, Diversity, and the Incomplete Project of Modern Hinduism . . . . . . . 179 Jeffery D. Long vii
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The Other of Oneself: A Gadamerian Conversation with Gaud.¯ıya Vais.n.avism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Leena Taneja Concluding Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Arvind Sharma
Contributors
Aditya Adarkar is Associate Professor of Classics and General Humanities at Montclair State University, and was appointed as the university’s first Asian Humanities specialist. A broadly trained humanist and comparativist as well as a decorated teacher, his research focuses on the Sanskrit epic and its ethical and literary dimensions, and he is currently working on
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