The papers in this volume were first presented at a seminar held at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla during May, 1987. the participants invited had a special concern with the phenomenology of religion and an attempt was made to reflect seriously on matters such as the bearing of transformation of consciousness on life-world, tribal religious consciousness, and sharing of religious life-worlds, taking into account Hindu, Muslim and Christian approaches to the themes discussed. The papers and discussions deal with an Important area in religious studies and will be of interest not only to the specialist but to all concerned with the forces shaping pluralist societies today.
About the Author
Currently the Principal of Miranda House, University College for Women, University of Delhi, Delhi, Dr. (Mrs.) T. S. Rukmani is the author of the four-volume series on Vijnanabhiksu's Yogavarttika and A Critical Study of the Bhagavata Purana. She is a regular contributor to wellknown indological both in India and abroad.
Preface | T. S. Rukmani | ||
Opening Remarks | Margaret Chatterjee | 1 | |
1 | Life-Worlds, Sacrality And Interpretive Thinking | J. L. Mehta | 7 |
2 | Transformation Of Consciousness And The Individual's Life-Word | Pratima Bowes | 37 |
3 | Life-Words In Kierkegaard | Jyotsna Chauhan | 51 |
4 | Light From The Christian Jnana-Karma-Bhakti-Samuccaya | Richard DeSmet, SJ | 64 |
5 | Faith And Understanding | M. M. Agrawal | 84 |
6 | Adivasi Religious Sconsciousness And Life-World | Jyoti Sen | 99 |
7 | Islam Lived And Perceived From Within A Pluralistic Nation And world: The Case Of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | Christian Troll, SJ | 113 |
8 | Can Diverse Religious Life-Worlds Be Shared? | Bettina Baumer | 129 |
9 | When Stones Become Conscious: Some Reflections On the Becoming of Man | Sehdev Kumar | 139 |
10 | Sharing of Religious Life-Worlds | Jamal Khawaja | 150 |
11 | Religious Consciousness As Conceived In The Bhakti Traditions | T. S. Rukmani | 156 |
12 | On Asymptotic Realization | S. G. Rukmani | 156 |
13 | The Boundless Finite: Tagore's Ideas Concerning Religious Consciousness And Life-Worlds | P. K. Roy | 180 |
14 | The Meaning And Significance Of Religion: The Humanist Perspective | N. K. Devaraja | 190 |
15 | Religious Consciousness And The Life-Worlds | Jeannette Bossert | 199 |
16 | Value-Consciousness: The Sikh Perspective | Wazir Singh | 207 |
Concluding Remarks | Margaret Chatterjee | 216 | |
Participants | 221 |
The papers in this volume were first presented at a seminar held at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla during May, 1987. the participants invited had a special concern with the phenomenology of religion and an attempt was made to reflect seriously on matters such as the bearing of transformation of consciousness on life-world, tribal religious consciousness, and sharing of religious life-worlds, taking into account Hindu, Muslim and Christian approaches to the themes discussed. The papers and discussions deal with an Important area in religious studies and will be of interest not only to the specialist but to all concerned with the forces shaping pluralist societies today.
About the Author
Currently the Principal of Miranda House, University College for Women, University of Delhi, Delhi, Dr. (Mrs.) T. S. Rukmani is the author of the four-volume series on Vijnanabhiksu's Yogavarttika and A Critical Study of the Bhagavata Purana. She is a regular contributor to wellknown indological both in India and abroad.
Preface | T. S. Rukmani | ||
Opening Remarks | Margaret Chatterjee | 1 | |
1 | Life-Worlds, Sacrality And Interpretive Thinking | J. L. Mehta | 7 |
2 | Transformation Of Consciousness And The Individual's Life-Word | Pratima Bowes | 37 |
3 | Life-Words In Kierkegaard | Jyotsna Chauhan | 51 |
4 | Light From The Christian Jnana-Karma-Bhakti-Samuccaya | Richard DeSmet, SJ | 64 |
5 | Faith And Understanding | M. M. Agrawal | 84 |
6 | Adivasi Religious Sconsciousness And Life-World | Jyoti Sen | 99 |
7 | Islam Lived And Perceived From Within A Pluralistic Nation And world: The Case Of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | Christian Troll, SJ | 113 |
8 | Can Diverse Religious Life-Worlds Be Shared? | Bettina Baumer | 129 |
9 | When Stones Become Conscious: Some Reflections On the Becoming of Man | Sehdev Kumar | 139 |
10 | Sharing of Religious Life-Worlds | Jamal Khawaja | 150 |
11 | Religious Consciousness As Conceived In The Bhakti Traditions | T. S. Rukmani | 156 |
12 | On Asymptotic Realization | S. G. Rukmani | 156 |
13 | The Boundless Finite: Tagore's Ideas Concerning Religious Consciousness And Life-Worlds | P. K. Roy | 180 |
14 | The Meaning And Significance Of Religion: The Humanist Perspective | N. K. Devaraja | 190 |
15 | Religious Consciousness And The Life-Worlds | Jeannette Bossert | 199 |
16 | Value-Consciousness: The Sikh Perspective | Wazir Singh | 207 |
Concluding Remarks | Margaret Chatterjee | 216 | |
Participants | 221 |