Hindu-Christian Studies as a Necessary Luxury in the Context of Today\u27s Pluralism

During 1992-3 I had the good fortune to live in Madras and spend the year reading both Tiruvaymoli, the Tamil religious classic composed by Satakopan of Kurukur, and also large sections of the early commentaries on it, particularly the great Itu of Nampillai. For the purpose of this study I met regularly with several learned teachers of the Srivaisnava tradition, with one of them for about two hours a day. Though I had studied these texts on and off during the previous ten years, this period of prolonged and intense study immeasurably deepened my knowledge of the texts. The environment was ideal for my research, and I was able to make satisfying progress on several projects

Book Review: Three Hundred Verses of Bhartrhari

A review of Three Hundred Verses of Bhartrhari by Rev. Dr-Dr. Jacob Kattackal

Book Review: The Divine Matrix: Creativity as Link Between East and West

A review of The Divine Matrix: Creativity as Link Between East and West by Joseph A. Bracken, S.J

Book Review: Genealogy of the South Indian Deities

A review of Genealogy of the South Indian Deities: An English Translation of Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg\u27s Original German Manuscript with a Textual Analysis and Glossary by Daniel Jeyaraj

Book Reviews: Making Harmony: Living in a Pluralist World

A review of Making Harmony: Living in a Pluralist World by Michael Amaladoss

Book Reviews: Inkuluration in Tranquebar and Brahmabandhab Upadhyay

A review for Inkulturation in Tranquebar: Der Beitrag der frühen dänisch-halleschen Mission zum Werden einer indisch-einheimischen Kirche (1708-1730) by Daniel Jeyaraj and Brahmabadhab Upadhyay: The Life and Thought of a Revolutionary by Julius J. Lipner

Book Review: Revelation, History, and the Dialogue of Religions: A Study of Bhartrhari and Bonaventure

A review of David Carpenter\u27s Revelation, History, and the Dialogue of Religions: A Study of Bhartrhari and Bonaventure

Four Responses to Prof. Dharampal\u27s Bharatiya Chitta Manas and Kala

For decades Prof. Dharampal has been well-known and respected for his research on eighteenth-century India; his analyses of a wide range of social, cultural, political economic and technological issues have been respected and valued during this time. Bharatiya Chitta manas and Kala -- perhaps, The Indian Sense of Consciousness, Mind and Time -- is both a continuation of his earlier work and a new venture in reflection on larger and more elusive religious and cultural issues

Reconnecting the Philosophy of Religion and Engaged Religious Reasoning

It is no surprise that the philosophy of religion, the many disciplines counted within the study of religion and theology, and religion-specific studies, all have their own methods and interests, and often proceed necessarily as conversations among small groups of experts. But the intellectual cogency and credibility of such studies also entails a problematization of the boundaries that divide them. While disciplinary distinctions are necessary and valuable, a freer flow of ideas and questions across boundaries is to the benefit of all concerned. In particular, the philosophy of religion proceeds more fruitfully if, among its several dimensions, it is also intentionally comparative and inter-religious, vulnerable to the questions raised by insiders to traditions, and open to the implications of ideas for religious practic