TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clooney,Francis X.
TI  - Theology after Ved�anta: an experiment in comparative theology 
T2  - SUNY series, toward a comparative philosophy of religions
SN  - 0585053634
AV  - B132.A3 C67 1993eb
U1  - 181/.482 20
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Relations
KW  - Hinduism
KW  - fast
KW  - Advaita
KW  - Vedanta
KW  - Theology, Doctrinal
KW  - Comparative studies
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Christianity
KW  - PHILOSOPHY
KW  - Hindu
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Interfaith relations
KW  - gnd
KW  - Theologie
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - hilcc
KW  - Philosophy & Religion
KW  - Th�eologie
KW  - �Etudes comparatives
KW  - ram
KW  - Christianisme
KW  - Hindouisme
KW  - swd
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-256) and indexes; Chapter one: Comparative theology and the practice of Advaita Ved�anta -- The elements of the experiment -- Comparative theology -- Comparative theology as practical knowledge -- Advaita, text and commentary -- Practical implications -- Chapter two: The texture of the Advaita Ved�anta text -- The texture of the Advaita text -- The rough texture of the Upani�sads -- The organization of Upani�sadic knowledge in the UMS -- The contextualization of meaning through engaged reading -- Chapter three: the truth of Advaita Ved�anta -- The problem of truth in the text -- Strategies of textual truth -- Truth after the text: the true meaning of the Upani�sads and the world of Advaita -- Defending Brahman: The fragmentation of the other in the text -- Truth, text and reader -- A concluding note on Advaita and intertextual truth -- Chapter four: Advaita Ved�anta and its readers -- The tension between the text and its truth -- Timeless truth, timely reading: the truth in reading -- Becoming a reader -- The constraints on liberation and the cessation of reading in UMS III. 4: description as prescription -- Advaita Elitism and the possibility of the unauthorized reader: finding a loophole -- Chapter five: Theology after Advaita Ved�anta: the text, the truth, and the Theologian -- The practice of comparative theology -- The composition of the text for comparative theology: reading the Summa Theologiae and the Uttara M�im�a�ms�a Sutras together -- The truth of comparative theology -- The education of the comparative theologian -- Finishing the experiment
N2  - Annotation; That is, Christian theology after reading Vedanta. An experimental combination of three elements: a detailed study of the Indian theology called Advaita Vedanta; a re-examination of Christian comparative theology as rethought in the light of Vedanta insights; and an exploration of the tensions between the first two. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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