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The Philosophy of Religion

A Buddhist Perspective

by (author) Arvind Sharma

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Apr 1999
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780195642728
    Publish Date
    Jun 1997
    List Price
    $16.50
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780195633467
    Publish Date
    Apr 1999
    List Price
    $25.50

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Description

This important work does much to extend and redefine the ground of the philosophy of religion, from William James to Paul Tillich, has been conducted in a purely Western context. The discussion, whether it be the soteriological nature of religion, the grounds for belief in God, the problem of evil or the question of verifiability, takes on quite a different complexion in the context of eastern religions. Arvind Sharma seeks to place this debate, with particular reference to the work of such writers as william James, F.R. Tennant, Paul Tillich, Randall, Braithwaite, D.Z. Phillips, Rom Harre , Basil Mitchell, John Hick, W.A. Christian, and W.C. Smith, in the Buddhist context. At the same time he clarifies some of the possible misapprehensions which result from a commonality of religious language shared between Buddhism and Hinduism as regards the nature of religious revelation, immortality, karma and reincarnation.

About the author

Arvind Sharma is Birks Professor of Comparative Religion at McGill University. His books include Religious Ferment in Modern India (with H. W. French, 1981), The Gītārthasangraha of Abhinavagupta (1982), The Hindu Gītā (1986), A Hindu Perspective on the Philosophy of Religion (1991), and A Buddhist Perspective on the Philosophy of Religion (forthcoming) .

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