Category: Notes

This is only for my personal use and not an article. The Bible and the Flag, Brian Stanley, England. Apollos[is an imprint of Inter-Varsity Press], 1990. Ch. One.  Christianity and the anti-colonial reaction …More politically aggressive and racially polemical has been the variant of African theology known as ‘black theology’ which surfaced in South Africa…

Bhakti: A Contemporary Discussion Only for my personal use.  Not an article. Points were taken for Kotation. As the Italics of Sanskrit words are not uniformly followed in the book, I removed Italics of Sanskrit words completely. Similarly the diacritic fonts are not uniformly followed.  However I tried to follow as it is in the…

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A History of Celibacy This is only for my personal use. This is nothing but excerpts from this book and not an article.  Don’t waste your time by reading it and then blame me. Elizebath Abbott, A History of Celibacy, New York, Da Capo Pr 2001, …St Augustine, always able to identify with libertine males, summarized…

The Mahabharata is not only the grandest epic of Indian literature but also a rich source of reflections on society, caste, and spiritual ideals. Among the many roles and identities it explores, the Brahmin occupies a central and evolving place. In this second part of our exploration, we present a structured compilation of primary excerpts…

Kees Abel, ‘God’s Universal Salvific Will’, pp. 293–298 in Non-Christian Revelation and Christian Worship, pp. 257–303, in Gispert-Sauch, S.J. (ed.) God’s Word Among Men, papers in honour of Fr. Joseph Putz, S.J., Delhi: Vidyajoti, 1973 God’s Universal Salvific Will Fundamental for our whole discussion is the fact that God’s salvific will is extended toward all…

                                    BHAKTI HINDU AND CHRISTIAN                                                             by                                                 Stephen Neill, CLS, 1974. CHAPTER I.  What is Dravidian?             The Romans looked down on the Celts and Britons; the Normans looked down on the Anglo-Saxons; the white conquerors of later days have in many countries remained almost unaware of the cultural achievements of those whom they…

D. Dennis Hudson, Krishna’s Mandala: Bhagavata Religion and Beyond, New Delhi, Oxford, 2010 …Adding opening and closing sections to a text or inserting narratives or what may in origin have been commentarial remarks gradually being integrated into the text, were known procedures….—Romila Thapar, Foreword, p. ix. Introduction, John Stratton Hawley pp.  xiii-xxxiv ….Satvata–samhita, probably the…

Beyond Orientalism: Essays on Cross-Cultural Encounter.  Fred Dallmayr, New Delhi, Rawat Publications. 2001. Introduction …Nietzsche remarked: “Once you have discovered me, it seems to have been no great trick to find me; but now the difficulty is how to lose me.”  Elaborating on [Friedrich] Nietzsche’s statement, [Martin] Heidegger made it plain that “losing” here was…

Beyond Bhakti, Steps Ahead…. G. Rajagopal.  Delhi. B. R. Publishing Corporation. 2007. Ch. 1. Jaattirai Festival of Puraariyamman: The Visiting Goddess of Tiruttani. …Saptamaatrikaas, or the “Sevan Mothers”.  They are: Braahmi, Maheeswari, Kaumaari, Vaishnavi, Varaahi, Maheendri and Chaamundaa. [H. Krishna Sastri, South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses, Bharathiya Publishing House, Delhi, 1974. p. 196.]—notes. 4.…