Indian Philosophy of Religion
With a few notable exceptions, analytical philosophy of religion in the West still continues to focus almost entirely on the Iudaeo-Christian tradition. In particular, it is all too customary to ignore the rich fund of concepts and arguments supplied by t
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STUDIES IN PHll..OSOPHY AND RELIGION
Volume 13
For a list oftitles in this series see final page ofthe volume.
INDIAN PHILOSOPHY OFRELIGION
edited by
ROY W. PERREIT Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS DORDRECHT I BOSTON I LONDON
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Ind1an ph1losophy of re11g1on / edlted by Roy W. Perrett. p. cm. -- (Stud1es 1n ph1losophy and religion: 13) 1. Religion--Philosophy. 2. India--Re11gion. I. Series: Studies in ph11osophy and, religion (Martinus N1Jhoff Pub11shers) : v. 13. BL51.I595
1989
200' . 1--dc20
89-37201
ISBN-13: 978-94-010-7609-8 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-009-2458-1 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-2458-1
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I am grateful to the contributors, without whom this book would never have existed; to the Dean of Humanities' Fund at Massey for assistance with production costs; and, most especially, to Sharon Cox who prepared the camera-ready manuscript.
CONTENTS
Introduetion
1
1.
Some varieties of Indian theologieal dualism Keith E. Yandell
2.
From the fabrie to the weaver? Arindam Chakrabarti
21
3.
Religions as failed theodicies: atheism in Hinduism and B uddhism Arthur L. Herman
35
Seepticism and religion: on the interpretation of Nägärjuna Shlomo Biderman
61
5.
Some varieties of monism Peter Forrest
75
6.
The eoneepts of self and freedom in Buddhism David J. Kalupahana
93
7.
Refleetions on the sourees of knowledge in the Indian tradition Ninian Smart
115
8.
Omniseienee in Indian philosophy of religion Roy W. Perrett
125
9.
On the idea of authorless revelation (apaurWjeya) Purusottama Bilimoria
143
10.
Saqlkara on metaphor with referenee to Gitä 13.12-18 Julius J. Lipner
167
11.
Salvation and the pursuit of social justiee Shivesh C. Thakur
183
12.
Caste, karma and the Gito Bimal Krishna Mati/al
195
4.
5
Contrlbutors' addresses
203
Index
205
INTRODUCTION
With a few notable exceptions, analytical philosophy of religion in the West still continues to focus almost entirely on the Iudaeo-Christian tradition. In particular, it is all too customary to ignore the rich fund of concepts and arguments supplied by
