In this Book
- Learning Interreligiously: In the Text, in the World
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
summary
Learning Interreligiously offers a series of about one hundred short pieces, written online between 2008 and 2016. They are meant for a wide range of readers interested in interreligious dialogue, interreligious learning, and the realities of Hindu-Christian encounter today, and are rich in insights drawn from teaching, travels in America and India, and the author's research on sacred texts. The author, a Catholic priest who has spent more than forty years learning from Hinduism and observing religion as a plus and minus in today's world, has much to share with readers. Some pieces were prompted by items in the news, some go deeper into traditions and probe the rich Scriptures and practices going back millennia, some seek simply to provoke fresh thinking, and others invite spiritual reflection. The book is divided into several parts so that readers can focus on individual events that made the news or on longer term and more concerted study. Familiar texts such as the Yoga Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita, the Qur'an, and key passages from the New Testament will be considered for their spiritual possibilities. Readers will find much here to learn from and respond to as they too consider religion in today's world.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Author’s Preface
- pp. xi-xiv
- Part I: Interreligious Readings
- Krishna in Advent I
- pp. 3-6
- Krishna in Advent II
- pp. 7-10
- Krishna in Advent III
- pp. 11-14
- Yoga and Lent I
- pp. 25-28
- Yoga and Lent II: Sede Vacante
- pp. 29-32
- Yoga and Lent III: Empty Wisdom
- pp. 33-36
- The Gita in Lent I
- pp. 57-60
- The Gita in Lent II
- pp. 61-66
- A Hindu View of Easter: Yogananda III
- pp. 99-102
- The Gita at Easter: Our Rising Up
- pp. 107-110
- Prana, Yoga, Spirit, Pentecost
- pp. 111-114
- Salt and Light: Swami on the Sermon II
- pp. 123-126
- Jesus the Avatar: Swami on the Sermon III
- pp. 127-130
- Nonviolence for Some: Swami on the Sermon IV
- pp. 131-134
- On Being Perfect: Swami on the Sermon V
- pp. 135-136
- Do Not Be Anxious: Swami on the Sermon VI
- pp. 137-138
- A Hindu Response to “Swami on the Sermon”
- pp. 143-146
- Studying the Qur’an as a Catholic II
- pp. 161-164
- Violence in the Qur’an
- pp. 165-168
- Maryam, Mother of Jesus, in the Qur’an
- pp. 169-174
- Reading the Book of Mormon, Part I
- pp. 181-184
- Reading Mormon IV: Prophecies and Ecstasies
- pp. 193-198
- Reading Mormon V: To the Future
- pp. 199-202
- Part II. In Dialogue
- The Hindus Are—Here!
- pp. 207-210
- Contra Interreligious Ignorance
- pp. 211-212
- Karl Barth, Thomas Merton: Forty Years Later
- pp. 213-214
- The Loud Silencing of Roger Haight, SJ
- pp. 215-218
- The Death of a Swami, and His Bliss
- pp. 219-222
- A Hare Krishna Swami Tells All
- pp. 223-226
- A Hindu-Christian Conversation Begins
- pp. 231-232
- From Rome, in Tibet: Interreligious Learning
- pp. 253-256
- Could Matteo Ricci Have Done It Today?
- pp. 261-264
- A Hindu America?
- pp. 269-272
- Raimon Panikkar, Rest in Peace
- pp. 273-274
- Dominus Iesus Ten Years Later I
- pp. 275-278
- Dominus Iesus Ten Years Later II
- pp. 279-282
- Dominus Iesus Ten Years Later III
- pp. 283-286
- Gandhi at 141
- pp. 287-290
- The Pope, the Jews—and the Pagans
- pp. 291-294
- Easter and Our (Inter)Religious Imaginations
- pp. 295-298
- Fr. Amorth’s Yoga and the Devil
- pp. 303-306
- To Convert a Hindu . . .
- pp. 307-310
- Buddhist Christian Prayer(s)
- pp. 311-312
- Margaret Farley on the Kama Sutra
- pp. 313-316
- The Interreligious Mary of Colm Tóibín
- pp. 317-320
- 9/11—1893: A Day of Interreligious Hope
- pp. 321-322
- Is Allah Not Our God?
- pp. 323-326
- Finding God in Uluru
- pp. 327-330
- BKS Iyengar: Rest in Peace
- pp. 331-334
- The Pope and the Hugging Guru
- pp. 337-338
- Compassion and Dialogue Shall Embrace
- pp. 343-346
- Should Christians Fast This Ramadan?
- pp. 351-354
- We Can’t All Be Mother Teresa
- pp. 359-362
Additional Information
ISBN
9781506440132
Related ISBN(s)
9781506417714
MARC Record
OCLC
1035057282
Pages
300
Launched on MUSE
2018-05-16
Language
English
Open Access
No