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      The Future of Hindu–Christian Studies
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      The Future of Hindu–Christian Studies

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      A Theological Inquiry

      The Future of Hindu–Christian Studies

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      The Future of Hindu–Christian Studies book

      A Theological Inquiry
      ByFrancis X. Clooney SJ
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2017
      eBook Published 20 June 2017
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315525259
      Pages 148
      eBook ISBN 9781315525259
      Subjects Area Studies, Humanities
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      Clooney SJ, F.X. (2017). The Future of Hindu–Christian Studies: A Theological Inquiry (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315525259

      ABSTRACT

      The field of Hindu-Christian studies revives theology as a particularly useful interreligious discipline. Though a sub-division of the broader Hindu-Christian dialogue, it is also a distinct field of study, proper to a smaller group of religious intellectuals. At its best it envisions a two-sided, mutual conversation, grounded in scholars’ knowledge of their own tradition and of the other.

      Based on the Westcott-Teape Lectures given in India and at the University of Cambridge, this book explores the possibilities and problems attendant upon the field of Hindu-Christian Studies, the reasons for occasional flourishing and decline in such studies, and the fragile conditions under which the field can flourish in the 21st century. The chapters examine key instances of Christian–Hindu learning, highlighting the Jesuit engagement with Hinduism, the modern Hindu reception of Western thought, and certain advances in the study of religion that enhance intellectual cooperation.

      This book is a significant contribution to a sophisticated understanding of Christianity and Hinduism in relation. It presents a robust defense of comparative theology and of Hindu-Christian Studies as a necessarily theological discipline. It will be of wide interest in the fields of Religious Studies, Theology, Christianity and Hindu Studies.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |19 pages

      Prologue

      Framing the questions

      part I|27 pages

      Lecture One

      chapter |26 pages

      The Jesuit study of Hinduism

      22An admirable and imperfect model for Hindu–Christian studies

      part II|41 pages

      Lecture Two

      chapter |40 pages

      How (and why) some Hindus have studied Christianity

      part III|38 pages

      Lecture Three

      chapter |22 pages

      How the study of religions can rejuvenate Hindu–Christian studies

      chapter |15 pages

      Epilogue

      Retrieving the delicate balance of Hindu–Christian studies
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