Tagore and the academic study of religion

Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), at about the start of the nineteenth century, was advocat‐ ing that the study about religion has to be included in university‐level education in the East. The university he envisioned and founded (Visva‐Bharati) included in its curriculum such a study. Shortly a er India’s regaining independence in 1947 and becoming a secular state, that institution was inaugurated as a central university with an advanced institute for philosophy and the study of religion. This essay answers whether his understanding of studying religion would accommodate the approach to the academic study of religion associated with the mod‐ ern Western research university. It also inquires the extent that the curriculum for the study of religion at Visva‐Bharati evidences such an approach. The answers it advances draw primarily on his two essays, Eastern University and Hindu University, which o er his vision of univer‐ sity level education; on commissioned reports for higher level education in the new India as a secular state; on developments in the academic study of religion in the West, especially the United States; on the relatively recent revised curriculum for such a study at Visva‐Bharati University; and on ideas of social imaginary and the comparative study of religion articulated by Western scholars

A Universal Declaration of Human Rights by World Religions : Basis and Problems

Khan Abrahim H. A Universal Declaration of Human Rights by World Religions : Basis and Problems. In: Revue Québécoise de droit international, volume 11-2, 1998. Congrès mondial sur la Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme. Actes, sous la direction de William Schabas et Geneviève Dufour. pp. 273-274

A Universal Declaration of Human Rights by World Religions : Basis and Problems

Khan Abrahim H. A Universal Declaration of Human Rights by World Religions : Basis and Problems. In: Revue Québécoise de droit international, volume 11-2, 1998. Congrès mondial sur la Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme. Actes, sous la direction de William Schabas et Geneviève Dufour. pp. 273-274

Indian identy and religion in caribbean literature: Shikwá/complaint

El presente articulo se propone poner de manifiesto la supervivencia en griego de las raíces *nek y *mer, que en indoeuropeo designaban dos formas de muerte, no en los términos para referirse a la muerte, sino en las formas "nektar" y "ambrosia". al mismo tiempo, un análisis de los textos en que se relacionan con la muerte nos ayuda a precisar el significado de estas formas y a ver que en la religión griega, al igual que en otras religiones indoeuropeas, se da la creencia en una sustancia que permite al hombre atravesar la muerte y lograr la inmortalidad. finalmente, se relacionan estas dos formas que recuerdan los dos diferentes tipos de muerte con la antigua formula "afanatos kai ageraos". (a.

Indian Identity and Religion in Caribbean Literature: SHÍKWÁ / Complaint.

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Identity, Personhood, and Religion in Caribbean Context.

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