Brief Introduction to Hinduism - Religion, Philosophy, and Ways of Liberation

Informationen zum Autor Herman, A. L. | Herman, Arthur Klappentext ""I have read Arthur Herman's Introduction to Hinduism with considerableinterest and pleasure. It is bold and innovative, clearly written, well organized,and quite provocative."-Eliot DeutschUniversity of Ha wail at Manoa" Zusammenfassung This book explores Hinduism by empirically discovering the problems that it faces and the solutions that it offers to those problems. It summarizes the results of the authors' investigations into the problem-identifying and problem-solving ways of Gandhi, Maharshi, and Bhaktivedanta. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The Pronunciation of Sanskrit Terms -- Map of India -- I THREE MODERN SAGES: MOHANDAS GANDHI, RAMANA MAHARSHI, AND A. C BHAKTIVEDANTA -- 2 THE FOUNDATIONS OF HINDUISM: THE HARAPPANS, THE VEDAS, AND THE UPANISADS (2500-200 B.C.E) -- 3 THE SYNTHESIS OF BHAKTISM, BRAHMINISM, AND BRAHMANISM: THE BHA GA VAD GITA (CA. 200 B.C.E.) -- 4 SOME CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON HINDUISM: BHAKTISM, BRAHMINISM, AND BRAHMANISM – Appendixes – Notes -- Some Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index-Glossary -- About the Book and Author.

Product details

• Authors: A L Herman, A. Herman, A. L. Herman, A. L. Herman Herman, A.L. Herman, Arthur Herman, Herman Arthur
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.04.1991
• EAN: 9780813381107
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-8110-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Hinduismus, Philosophiegeschichte, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, RELIGION / Hinduism / History, History of Religion, Hinduism, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Non-Western philosophy