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Tag: Hinduism

If God is bigger than us, then so is "God's image"

If God is bigger than us, then so is “God’s image”

Posted on August 2, 2012August 2, 2012 by Jason Tippitt
One source of controversy in modern religion concerns the amount of deference given to the discoveries of science. (Note to self: cross “write world’s most profound understatement in one sentence... Read More
Social Justice as a Unifying Issue for Dharmic Communities

Social Justice as a Unifying Issue for Dharmic Communities

Posted on April 25, 2012April 25, 2012 by Joshua Stanton
Religious communities are never the same once they reach America. In my view, they often become even more remarkable. As a third-generation American Jew, it is at times even challenging for me to thin... Read More
“Madhvācārya as Prophetic Witness,” by Deepak Sarma

“Madhvācārya as Prophetic Witness,” by Deepak Sarma

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Journal of Inter-Religious Studies
Madhvācārya, the 13th century propounder of dualism, exemplifies a prophet whose prophetic witness was enacted in a kairos, which demanded his dualist response. The school of Vedānta that he founde... Read More
Hindu Community Makes Its White House Debut

Hindu Community Makes Its White House Debut

Posted on August 3, 2011August 1, 2011 by Joshua Stanton
Hinduism is hardly new to the United States. Swami Vivekenanda is thought to have first introduced it when he visited as part of the World’s Parliament of Religions at the Chicago World’s ... Read More
Is “History Centrism” a Problem? In Dialogue with Rajiv Malhotra

Is “History Centrism” a Problem? In Dialogue with Rajiv Malhotra

Posted on July 4, 2011July 4, 2011 by Journal of Inter-Religious Studies
Rajiv Malhotra, Founder and President of the Infinity Foundation, sat down for an extensive dialogue with the co-Editor of the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue, Joshua Stanton. One of the differenc... Read More
Crude Karma

Crude Karma

Posted on May 26, 2011May 26, 2011 by Saumya Arya Haas
Karma is a flexible word, yogic in its ability to twist into different meanings. People use it when something dramatic happens, to indicate luck, fate, destiny, justice, punishment or reward. None of ... Read More
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