Interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and Images of the Hindu Tradition The Song of the Lord
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Catherine A. Robinson is Senior Lecturer in the Study of Religions at Bath Spa University; she is the author of Tradition and Liberation: The Hindu Tradition in the Indian Women's Movement (also published by Routledge).
<p><strong>'The body of Robinson's book is a careful and well-documented examination of various approaches to the <em>Gita </em>from the academic/scholarly orientation to the perspective of social-political activism, to Christian theological and missionary critiques, to universalist visions, and finally to the approach favoring romantic and mystical insights (notably Transcendentalism, Theosophy, and the Philosophia Perennis movement).'</strong></p><p><strong>'Many of the authors observations are very astute and will undoubtedly become part of all more self-critical scholarly studies of the </strong><em><strong>Gita.</strong>' - Traditional Yoga Studies</em></p>
<p><strong>'The body of Robinson's book is a careful and well-documented examination of various approaches to the <em>Gita </em>from the academic/scholarly orientation to the perspective of social-political activism, to Christian theological and missionary critiques, to universalist visions, and finally to the approach favoring romantic and mystical insights (notably Transcendentalism, Theosophy, and the Philosophia Perennis movement).'</strong></p><p><strong>'Many of the authors observations are very astute and will undoubtedly become part of all more self-critical scholarly studies of the <em>Gita.</em></strong><em>' -</em> <em>Traditional Yoga Studies</em></p>
The Bhagavad-Gita is probably the most popular - and certainly the most frequently quoted and widely studied - work of the Hindu scriptures. This book investigates the relationship between the various interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and the Hindu tradition.
Taking into account a range of influential Indian and western thinkers to illustrate trends in writing about the Bhagavad-Gita including Western academic; Indian activist; Christian theological; Hindu universalist; perennialist mystical and contemporary experiental accounts. Examining the ideas of such influential figures as F Max Muller, M K Ghandi, Bede Griffiths, Swami Vivekananda, Aldous Huxley and Swami Bhakivedanta, this book demonstrates the inextricable link between different interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and images of the Hindu tradition.
This accessible book aptly demonstrates the relevance of the Bhagavad-Gita for an understanding of Hinduism as a modern phenomenon.
This book investigates the relationship between the various interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and the Hindu tradition.
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Om bidragsyterne
Catherine A. Robinson is Senior Lecturer in the Study of Religions at Bath Spa University; she is the author of Tradition and Liberation: The Hindu Tradition in the Indian Women's Movement (also published by Routledge).