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Book Review: "Yoga: India's Philosophy of Meditation"

A review of Yoga: India's Philosophy of Meditation edited by Gerald James Larson and Ram Shankar Bhattacharya. ... remain silent and peaceful, He will not stop speaking to you. (130) Joseph Prabhu California State University, Los Angeles Yoga: India's Philosophy of Meditation. Edited by Gerald James Larson and Ram

Ethics and Genetic Engineering in Indian Philosophy, and Some Comparisons with Modern Western

, BC, Canada. His many books include: lung and Eastern Thought (1985); The Philosophy of the Grammarians (1990); Derrida and Indian Philosophy (1990); Pluralism in World Religions (2000); Scripture in

Book Review:Divine Self, Human Self: The Philosophy of Being in Two Gītā Commentaries

Book Review of Divine Self, Human Self: The Philosophy of Being in Two Gītā Commentaries. Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad. NY and London: Bloomsbury, 2013, x + 148pp. ... Commons; and the Religious Thought; Theology and Philosophy of Religion - Commons Book Reviews 79 versa. Ganeri’s fluency in the both religious traditions is outstanding. Sucharita Adluri Cleveland

Hindu Bioethics for the Twenty-First Century

In his Cross Cultural Perspectives in Medical Ethics: Readings, Robert Veatch observes, "The religions of Judaism and Christianity and the secular thought of the political philosophy of liberalism in ... which arise in modem medical practice. Philosophic Framework Next we explore how the integration of the religio-philosophic speculations of Ayurveda, along with other schools of Indian philosophy, give

Activity in primate visual cortex is minimally driven by spontaneous movements

Philosophy of Perception (eds Noe, A. & Thompson, E.) 77–89 (MIT sources of neural variability when the possible sources themselves Press, 1972). are correlated. We disentangled the contribution of the change

Commendation and Thanks for Fr. Anand Amaladass, S.J.

Nilayam Research Institute for Philosophy and Sanskrit in Chennai, for his scholarly oeuvre of numerous articles and over 20 books and edited collections, and his pastoral work on behalf of Hindu-Christian

Forgiveness: Hindu and Western Perspectives

, exhibitions, websites, and other media. There are four major areas for forgiveness research in the West: religion, philosophy, psychology and, perhaps surprisingly at first sight, politics. However, relatively ... media. There are four major areas. for forgiveness research in the West: religion, philosophy, psychology and, perhaps surprisingly at first sight, politics. I However, relatively little analysis of

Announcement: Best Book in Hindu-Christian Studies

-Christian Studies-- Theology and Philosophy (2008-2011).” ... -Theology and Philosophy (2008-2011).” In her book, Michelle Voss Roberts brings together Mechthild of Magdeburg (thirteenth century Christian mystic) and Lalleśwarī (fourteenth century Kashmiri Śaiva poet

A political attack on peer review

an outright attack on the peer review process. Of course this is not the first political attack on NIH funding of studies that straddle neuro- and social sciences?recall the attempt two years ago by ... Representatives Toomey and Chocola to withdraw funding from peer-reviewed projects dealing with human sexual behaviors and AIDS. This dangerous trend of political interference with peer review may gain steam

Author’s Response: Cognitive Science, History-Centrism and the Future of Hindu Studies

claim that I ignore how historical forces influence dharma • their claim against a coherent Hindu philosophy and unity • Brian Pennington’s tension with the reality that the academy seeks to engage me. ... intellectual interested in the philosophy of science, religion, and civilizations. A scientist by training, he is full-time founder-director of Infinity Foundation (Princeton, NJ), serves as Chairman of the

Nine More- or Less-related Observations on Historical Approaches to Hindu-Christian Studies

framework than to offer a paper arguing a single point or perspective. Hindu-Christian history presents a particular set of challenges given the shifting political and material conditions that have attended ... relevant to contemporary realities-from the local to the geo­ political-that defy those plot1~nes and characters. Alternatively rendered accounts of a Hindu-Christian past, if informed by and faithful to the

Inter-Religious Contexts and Comparative Theology in the Thought of Evelyn Underhill: Symbolic Narratives of Mysticism and the Songs of Kabīr

Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941) regards mysticism as the core of religion. All religions include various dimensions: scripture/ mythology, doctrine/ philosophy, ethics/ law, social/institutional ... , and the sense of learning and development. Michael Stoeber is professor of spirituality and philosophy of religion at Regis College and crossappointed to the Department for the Study of Religion

José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta (1966–2020)

passion for science, energetic personality and collaborative philosophy, which he incorporated into a unique way of doing research. Over the course of his career, he published 117 scientific articles with

Book Review: "Rediscovering God with Transcendental Argument: A Contemporary Interpretation of Monistic Kashmiri Saiva Philosophy"

A review of Rediscovering God with Transcendental Argument: A Contemporary Interpretation of Monistic Kashmiri Saiva Philosophy by David Peter Lawrence.

Book Review: The Future of Hindu-Christian Studies: A Theological Inquiry

overlooks “the political intervention which plays with the religious identities of the people in order to boost vote-bank politics” (p. 8). My argument is that it is not the misunderstanding of religion or ... the political use of religion that are solely responsible for religious conflicts. Rather, it is the naming conflicts among individuals and groups, who live with multiple religious identities, as

Book Review: The Water of the Drop: Fragments from Panikkar Diaries. By Raimon Panikkar

” that was at the same time theological and political (“political” in the sense that challenges the establishment’s ideology). Several entries of Fragments testify that, for temperament and circumstances

Addressing racial and phenotypic bias in human neuroscience methods

, WI , USA 1 Department of Philosophy, McGill University , Montréal, QC , Canada 2 Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh, PA , USA 3 Present address: Division of Depression and

Recent Articles of Interest

effectively to improve the social, economic, political and cultural status of women." (p. xxii) One may use this volume as a tool to research studies on a given country's theological movements and leaders ... . P. Kaufman, "Karma, Rebirth, and the Problem of Evil," Philosophy East and West 55 (January 2005):15-32. Hugh Nicholson, "A Correlational Model of Comparative Theology," The Journal of Religion 85

Scholarship on Religion and Communities of Faith

, Bloomington, and Professor Emeritus, Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of numerous books and articles on Indian philosophy and comparative studies. Some of his recent ... book, Yoga: India's Philosophy of Meditation, vol. XII of the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, is being published by Motilal Banarsidass with the publication date of 2007. He continues: Of course

Scholarship on Religion and Communities of Faith

, Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of numerous books and articles on Indian philosophy and comparative studies. Some of his recent books include Religion and Personal ... the BORI), R. N. Dandekar (19092001)(again in Vedic and epic studies and for 54 years honorary director of the BORI), S. N. Dasgupta (1885-1952) in history of philosophy (along with to a lesser extent