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Swami Vivekananda and non-Hindu traditions :

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1315611635

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1317047427

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1317047435

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1317047443

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9781315611631

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9781472483751

Title Proper

Swami Vivekananda and non-Hindu traditions :

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[Book]

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a universal Advaita /

First Statement of Responsibility

Stephen E. Gregg.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

London :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Routledge,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2019.

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1 online resource

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Contexts and complications -- Religion and reform in nineteenth century Bengal -- Master and pupil -- Formulating Hinduism -- Critiquing Christianity, Buddhism and Islam -- The world's parliament of religions, Chicago, 1893 -- Locating Vivekananda.

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The Hindu thinker Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) was and remains an important figure both within India, and in the West, where he was notable for preaching Vedanta. Scholarship surrounding Vivekananda is dominated by hagiography and his (mis)appropriation by the political Hindu Right. This work demonstrates that Vivekananda was no simplistic pluralist, as portrayed in hagiographical texts, nor narrow exclusivist, as portrayed by some modern Hindu nationalists, but a thoughtful, complex inclusivist. The book shows that Vivekananda formulated a hierarchical and inclusivistic framework of Hinduism, based upon his interpretations of a four-fold system of Yoga. It goes on to argue that Vivekananda understood his formulation of Vedanta to be universal, and applied it freely to non-Hindu traditions, and in so doing, demonstrates that Vivekananda was consistently critical of 'low level' spirituality, not only in non-Hindu traditions, but also within Hinduism. Demonstrating that Vivekananda is best understood within the context of 'Advaitic primacy', rather than 'Hindu chauvinism', this book will be of interest to scholars of Hinduism and South Asian religion and of South Asian diaspora communities and religious studies more generally.

Title

Swami Vivekananda and non-Hindu traditions

International Standard Book Number

9781472483751

Vivekananda,1863-1902.

Vivekananda,1863-1902.

Advaita.

Gurus-- India-- Biography.

Hinduism-- History-- 19th century.

Hinduism-- Relations.

Advaita.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General

Hinduism.

Interfaith relations.

RELIGION / Comparative Religion

RELIGION / General

RELIGION / Hinduism

India.

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Gregg, Stephen E.

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20200823030145.0

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