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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786793103321

Autore

Yadlapati Madhuri M.

Titolo

Against dogmatism : dwelling in faith and doubt / / Madhuri M. Yadlapati

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-252-09520-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

202.2

Soggetti

Faith

Belief and doubt - Religious aspects

Philosophy and religion - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction: Beyond Fundamentalism and Atheism""; ""PART ONE. RE-EXAMINING FAITH IN ACTION""; ""One. Postures of Trust""; ""Humility as the Door to Faith""; ""Friedrich Schleiermacher: Religious Consciouness of Absolute Dependence""; ""Hindu Puja: Belonging to a Protected World""; ""Conclusion""; ""Two. What Is Our Sacred Responsibility in the World?""; ""Hindu Dharma""; ""What Can Mere Humans Do in Narnia?""; ""God's Caliph on Earth""; ""Covenantal Responsibility, Partnership, and Struggle""; ""Conclusion""

""PART TWO. THE CENTRALITY OF DOUBT""""Three. Christian Faith and the Protestant Principle""; ""Soren Kierkegaard""; ""Karl Barth""; ""Paul Tillich""; ""Conclusion""; ""Four. Faith and Transcendence in Hindu Traditions""; ""Mystical Experience and the Limits of Understanding in the Upanishads""; ""Bhakti, Transcendence, and Freedom in the Bhagavad Gita""; ""Maya: That Which Is Not""; ""The Ambiguity of Hindu Theism: Shiva""; ""Conclusion""; ""PART THREE. RECONCILING WAYS OF FAITH AND DOUBT""; ""Five. Resisting the Reification of Religion""; ""Humanist Criticisms of Religious Dogmatism""

Sommario/riassunto

Defending the rich tapestry of faith and doubt against polarisation, 'Against Dogmatism' reveals a spiritual middle way, an approach native



to the long-standing traditions in which faith and doubt are interwoven in constructive and dynamic ways.