Swami Vivekananda : his life, legacy, and liberative ethics / Edited by Rita D Sherma.

Contributor(s):

Sherma, Rita Das (ed.)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Explorations in Indic traditions: theological, ethical, and philosophical edited by Jeffery D. LongPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2020Description: 261Content type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781498586047

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Swami VivekanandaDDC classification:

294.555092 23 SWA

Contents:

Vivekananda's Life, Legacy, and Liberative Ethics: An Introduction / Rita D. Sherma -- PART I: VIVEKANANDA IN RELATION TO HINDU PHILOSOPHIES & MAJOR THINKERS : 1. Swami Vivekananda and Adi Śaṅkarācārya: Similarities and Differences / T. S. Rukmani -- 2. Swami Vivekananda's Interpretation of Brahmasūtra 1.1.19 as a Hermeneutic Basis for Samanvayī Vedānta / Ayon Maharaj -- 3. Kuṇḍalinī Yoga in the Spirituality of Swami Vivekananda and in Modern Yoga / Michael Stoeber -- 4. Vivekananda in the History of Vedānta: Continuities and Contradictions / Andrew J. Nicholson -- 5. Flavors of Ādvaita in Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore, and Sri Aurobindo / Debashish Banerji -- PART II: A LEGACY OF SERVICE: 6. Vivekananda and his Organizational Legacy with Particular Reference to Seva within the Ramakrishna Movement / Gwilym Beckerlegge -- 7. "This Prema Dwells in the Heart of Them All:" Swami Vivekananda on Love and Compassion / Kusumita Pedersen -- 8. Swami Vivekananda's Legacy of Service: A Critical Assessment / Shrinivas Tilak -- 9. "Perfect Independence": Swami Vivekananda, Women and Freedom / Pravrajika Vrajaprana -- PART III: REVISITING APPRAISALS OF VIVEKANANDA: 10. Complementarity, not Contradiction: Swami Vivekananda's Theology of Religions / Jeffery D. Long -- 11. Neglected Advaitas: The Genealogy of Swami Vivekananda's Cosmopolitan Theology / James Madaio, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Oriental Institute -- 12. De-subjugating Timeless Vocabularies: Swami Vivekananda as Intellectual Catalyst / Kapil Kapoor -- 13. Swami Vivekananda and Muscular Hinduism / Sharada Sugirtharajah -- Epilogue: 14. What Is Hinduism? A Reflection on Vivekananda's Legacy in Relation to the Definition of Hinduism / Arvind Sharma -- About the Contributors.

Summary: With historical-critical analysis and dialogical even-handedness, the essays of this book re-assess the life and legacy of Swami Vivekananda, forged at a time of colonial suppression, from the vantage point of socially-engaged religion at a time of global dislocations and international inequities. Due to the complexity of Vivekananda as a historical figure on the cusp of late modernity with its vast transformations, few works offer a contemporary, multi-vocal, nuanced, academic examination of his liberative vision and legacy in the way that this volume does. It brings together North American, European, British, and Indian scholars associated with a broad array of humanistic disciplines towards critical-constructive, contextually-sensitive reflections on one of the most important thinkers and theologians of the modern era.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

With historical-critical analysis and dialogical even-handedness, the essays of this book re-assess the life and legacy of Swami Vivekananda, forged at a time of colonial suppression, from the vantage point of socially-engaged religion at a time of global dislocations and international inequities. Due to the complexity of Vivekananda as a historical figure on the cusp of late modernity with its vast transformations, few works offer a contemporary, multi-vocal, nuanced, academic examination of his liberative vision and legacy in the way that this volume does. It brings together North American, European, British, and Indian scholars associated with a broad array of humanistic disciplines towards critical-constructive, contextually-sensitive reflections on one of the most important thinkers and theologians of the modern era.

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