Interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and Images of the Hindu Tradition - Softcover

Robinson, Catherine A. A.

 
9780415648745: Interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and Images of the Hindu Tradition
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415648742 ISBN 13: 9780415648745
Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

The Bhagavad-Gita is probably the most popular - and certainly the most frequently quoted and widely studied - work of the Hindu scriptures. This book investigates the relationship between the various interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and the Hindu tradition.

Taking into account a range of influential Indian and western thinkers to illustrate trends in writing about the Bhagavad-Gita including Western academic; Indian activist; Christian theological; Hindu universalist; perennialist mystical and contemporary experiental accounts. Examining the ideas of such influential figures as F Max Muller, M K Ghandi, Bede Griffiths, Swami Vivekananda, Aldous Huxley and Swami Bhakivedanta, this book demonstrates the inextricable link between different interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and images of the Hindu tradition.

This accessible book aptly demonstrates the relevance of the Bhagavad-Gita for an understanding of Hinduism as a modern phenomenon.

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About the Author

Catherine A. Robinson is Senior Lecturer in the Study of Religions at Bath Spa University; she is the author of Tradition and Liberation: The Hindu Tradition in the Indian Women's Movement (also published by Routledge).

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415648742
ISBN 13 
9780415648745
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
198

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