Eastern Religions And Western Thought
In this book Eastern Religions And Western Thought, author Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a philosopher and former President of India, describes leading ideas of Indian philosophy and religion. He traces the probable influence of Indian mysticism on Greek thought and Christian development, through Alexandrian Judaism, Christian Gnosticism, and Neo-Platonism.
Radhakrishnan argues that Christianity arose out of an eastern background, became wedded to Graeco-Latin culture, and will find rebirth in a renewed alliance with this Eastern heritage-From publisher description.
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This challenging and beautifully written book describes the leading ideas of Indian philosophy and religion. It traces the probable influence of Indian mysticism on Greek thought and Christian development, through Alexandrian Judaism, Christian Gnosticism, and Neo-Platonism. The author argues that Christianity, which arose out of an eastern background and became wedded to Graeco-Latin culture, will find rebirth in a renewed alliance with this Eastern heritage.
About the Book
Author: S. Radhakrishnan
Issue Date: 1939
Publisher: London, Oxford University Press
Description: Religion and sociology
Religion and culture
Religions
Type: Technical Report
Received From: Central Secretariat Library
Eastern Religions And Western Thought (Contents)
- The World’s Unborn Soul
- The Supreme Spiritual Idea: The Hindu View
- Mysticism and Ethics in Hindu Thought
- India and Western Religious Thought: Greece
- India and Western Religious Thought: Christendom 1
- India and Western Religious Thought: Christendom 2
- Greece, Palestine, and India
- The Meeting of Religions
- The Individual and The Social Order in Hinduism
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