{"title":"Comparative Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore books that compare religious traditions, beliefs, practices, and ideas across India and the wider world. This collection includes comparative studies, interfaith perspectives, religious controversies, conversion, and introductory works on Indian religions.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"11167-the-promise-of-immortality-the-true-teaching-of-the-bible-and-the-bhagavad-gita","title":"The Promise of Immortality - The True Teaching of the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: J Donald Walters\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sterling\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 424\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8120724534\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDestined to become a classic, this groundbreaking book illuminates the similarities between the scriptures of the world’s two most populous religions, vibrantly bringing each to life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Promise of Immortality is the most complete commentary available on the parallel passages in the Bible and India’s ancient scripture, the Bhagavad Gita. 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Readers will find here much important material that is not easily available elsewhere. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis narrative shows that the harshest critics of fundamentalism are often exponents of a rival fundamentalism.  The current antiwar movement would benefit from this historical perspective, ideological clarity, and humor. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAli's own writing is lucid, not at all dogmatic, consistently humorous and rational, and in both style and content demonstrates an alternative to the texts of the twin fundamentalisms. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS\u003cbr\u003eIn this timely and important book, Tariq Ali puts the events of September 11 into sweeping historical perspective. As we have come to expect from him, he is lucid, eloquent, literary, and painfully honest, as he dissects both Islamic and Western fundamentalism.\u003cbr\u003e- Howard Zinn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is an outstanding contribution to our understanding of the nightmare of history from which so many people are struggling to awake, and deserves serious engagement and consideration. Ali broadens our horizons, geographically, historically, intellectually and politically… His mode of history telling is lyrical and engaging, humane and passionate. \u003cbr\u003e-Anthony Arnove, The Nation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAli’s style is vigorous, his narrative compelling, showing that the short-term, self-interested and oil-greedy policies of the British and Americans in such countries as Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Iran must make our much-vaunted ideals of democracy and equity seem like a bad joke.\u003cbr\u003e-Karen Armstrong, The Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt will not open doors at the white House because it makes for uncomfortable reading…a wide-ranging and powerfully argued critique, that gives pause for thought.\u003cbr\u003e-Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAli finds little to distinguish between the organized violence of the United States and that of those who oppose it. \u003cbr\u003e-Sydney Morning Herald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Clash of Fundamentalisms is well worth reading…it shows that the harshest critics of fundamentalism are often exponents of a rival fundamentalism.\u003cbr\u003e-John Gray, Independent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAli writes lucidly, interweaving his political history with passages from the literature of many Muslim countries, making The Clash of Fundamentalisms a compelling point of departure for further study of the culture and politics of Islam.\u003cbr\u003e-Village Voice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe current antiwar movement would benefit from his historical perspective, ideological clarity, and humor. \u003cbr\u003e-San Francisco Bay Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAli’s own writing is lucid, not at all dogmatic, consistently humorous and rational, and in both style and content demonstrates an alternative to the texts of the twin fundamentalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Scotsman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders...will find here much important material that is not easily available elsewhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Hugh Montefiore, Church Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to the Paperback Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I: MULLAHS AND HERETICS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn atheist childhood\u003cbr\u003eThe origins of Islam\u003cbr\u003eThe empire of the world\u003cbr\u003eJerusalem, Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003eOttomanism\u003cbr\u003eThe joys of heresy\u003cbr\u003eWomen versus the eternal masculine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SERVITUDE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA spring memory\u003cbr\u003eThe roots of Wahhabism\u003cbr\u003eThe kingdom of corruption\u003cbr\u003eZionism, the First Oil War, resistance\u003cbr\u003eMarginal notes on the chapter of defeats \u003cbr\u003eThe anti-imperialism of fools\u003cbr\u003eAn ocean of terror \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III: THE NUCLEAR WASTELANDS OF SOUTH ASIA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe case of Anwar Shaikh\u003cbr\u003ePlain tales from Pakistan \u003cbr\u003eAfghanistan: between hammer and anvil \u003cbr\u003eThe story of Kashmir\u003cbr\u003eThe colour khaki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART IV: A CLASH OF FUNDAMENTALISMS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA short-course history of US imperialism\u003cbr\u003eSeptember surprise\u003cbr\u003eLetter to a young Muslim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART V: EPILOGUE: THE ROAD TO BALI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA small town in Java\u003cbr\u003eIslam on the Equator\u003cbr\u003eA tropical gulag\u003cbr\u003eAn island made secure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: On the Israeli-Arab war Isaac Deutscher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Tariq Ali \/ Rupa \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776167391401,"sku":"11350","price":28.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/11350_c7ed019a-5f3a-4462-a8ed-070de96b5539.jpg?v=1625523928"},{"product_id":"11598-religious-conversion-in-india","title":"Religious Conversion in India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Eminent Contributors\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): Rowena Robinson \/ Sathianthan Clarke\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 420\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 978-0-19-566329-7\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume brings together important and highly original essays by leading scholars of religion, history, and society reflecting upon the idea and practice of conversion in India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe experience of conversion is viewed as a terrain of multiple and diverse possibilities that focus on new boundaries, identities, beliefs, and practices. Further, the volume explores a range of contexts in which novel forms of piety, and modes of religious dissent and desertion take shape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe modes, motivations, and symbolic meanings which Jainism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, and Sikhism attach to religious conversion are identified and transformations of sect, caste, and tribe explored across space and time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs an engagement of sociology, theology, and history in the lively and sometimes vitriolic discourse on religious conversion in India, this volume will be an important and significant resource for students, teachers, and researchers in these diverse fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSECTION ONE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROWENA ROBINSON\u003cbr\u003eModes of Conversion to Islam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDOMINIQUE-SILA KHAN\u003cbr\u003eDiverting the Ganges:\u003cbr\u003eThe Nizari Ismaili Model of Conversion in South Asia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSTEPHEN F DALE\u003cbr\u003eTrade, Conversion, and the Growth of the Islamic Community in Kerala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRICHARD EATON\u003cbr\u003eWho are the Bengal Muslims?\u003cbr\u003eConversion and Islamization in Bengal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYOGINDER SIKAND\u003cbr\u003eArya Shuddhi and Muslim Tabligh: \u003cbr\u003eMuslim Reactions to Arya Samaj Proselytization (1923-30)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSECTION TWO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROWENA ROBINSON\u003cbr\u003eConversion to Jainism, Sikhism, and Buddhism: Past and Present\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePAUL DUNDAS\u003cbr\u003eConversion to Jainism: Historical Perspectives\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLOUIS E FENECH\u003cbr\u003eConversion and Sikh Tradition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTORKEL BREKKE\u003cbr\u003eConversion in Buddhism ?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGARY TARTAKOV\u003cbr\u003eB R Ambedkar and the Navayana Diksha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSECTION THREE\u003cbr\u003eSathianathan Clarke\u003cbr\u003eTransformations of Caste and Tribe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSAURABH DUBE AND ISHITA BANERJEE DUBE\u003cbr\u003eSpectres of Conversion:\u003cbr\u003eTransformations of Caste and Sect in India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDAVID HARDIMAN\u003cbr\u003eAssertion, Conversion, and Indian Nationalism: Govind’s Movement among the Bhils\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSECTION FOUR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSATHIANATHAN CLARKE\u003cbr\u003eConversion to Christianity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROWENA ROBINSON\u003cbr\u003eSixteenth Century Conversions to Christianity in Goa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSATHIANATHAN CLARKE\u003cbr\u003eConversion to Christianity in Tamil Nadu:\u003cbr\u003eConscious and Constitutive Community Mobilization\u003cbr\u003eTowards a Different symbolic world Vision\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJOHN C B WEBSTER\u003cbr\u003eChristian Constitutive in the Punjab: What has Changed?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFREDERICK S DOWNS\u003cbr\u003eChristian Conversion Movements in North East India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Eminent Contributors \/ Oxford University Press \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40776172011689,"sku":"11598","price":52.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/11598_d3ed20da-74a7-4a7e-af91-4f69cbfc052b.jpg?v=1625567557"},{"product_id":"11853-interfaith-dialogue-different-perspectives","title":"Interfaith Dialogue - Different Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Dharam Singh\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): Dharam Singh\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Punjabi University\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2002\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 185\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8173808589\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReligious pluralism is a fact of human existential situation in the modern-day world.  This book documents the contributions of scholars and academics participating in an international seminar on the theme \"Contribution of Interfaith Work to Social Harmony and World Peace\", jointly organized by World Congress of Faiths and the Punjabi University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe idea of interfaith dialogue is not very recent and there are instances of men of religion having dialogue and discourse with those of others.  Guru Nanak's meetings with the holy men of both Hindu and Muslim traditions, as he set out on his preaching odysseys after receiving revelations, to have dialogue with them and the stress on mutual dialogue (listening to the others viewpoint and then presenting our own) in the Sikh scripture can be put forward as perhaps the first empirical evidence in this respect.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever, interfaith dialogue as a world-wide movement is generally dated back to the World Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893.  Thereafter several other institutions also came into existence with a view to promoting dialogue so as to bring about pace and harmony in inter-community relations. 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But in India in particular, mythology has been an extremely important medium for teaching abstract spiritual truths, and it has had a profound influence not only on the religious traditions of the country but also on Indian society. To Western-educated readers, the numerous concepts, characters, and ideals presented in Indian mythology often seem bewildering at first glance. Yet, once readers start peering into these myths through an introductory volume such as this, they soon discover that they cannot help but be immersed in them. Moreover, they also find that a study of these stories can be one of the most rewarding experiences of their life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stories themselves are among the most beautiful in the world, while the characters and the ideals they represent are some of the loftiest, most noble, and most enchanting the world has ever seen. Rarely does one find in the mythology of the world such a wonderful combination of these qualities. To Indians, however, the characters in these myths are not just superhuman beings of some hoary past. Rather, they are paradigms. They are exemplars of eternal ideals. The lives of these characters are meant to be reflected on and emulated for the development of one’s personality. This is why these religions and myths are still living today. Even now Rama, Krishna, Arjuna, Yudhishthira, Vasishtha, Vidura, Sita, Savitri, Nala, Lakshmana, Bharata, Hanuman, and Buddha serve as paradigms for the ideal ruler, hero, householder, hermit, devotee, wife, husband, brother, servant, monk, and so on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMyths and Legends of the Hindus and Buddhists includes stories from both of the great epics of India-the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. And through these stories we are introduced to two great Avataras of the Hindu tradition-Rama and Krishna. 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The writer of the book intends to present facts and arguments, supported by quotations from the verses of the Holy Qur'an and sayings of the prophet  to prove that Islam has been clearly and unmistakably defined and explained by Allah and his apostle, Hadrat Muhammad  and all Muslim scholars and divines have agreed on the principles of the religion of Islam. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are some differences of opinion among them in matters of detail, but this does not affect the basic and fundamental definition of this great religion. It is scarcely necessary to say that some persons find pleasure in deceiving or befooling common people by distorting facts and twisting the clear expressions of the Holy Scriptures. 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It only tries to expose the imperialistic design. It is other thing that in the past few centuries the imperialists are Christianized Wet. In Future it may be someone else.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book would not have seen the light of day without the emotional, verbal and physical cooperation of some close relatives and friends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDevoid of any preconceived fixation The Jewish Obsession seeks to make an objective study of the relationship among the followers of three Semitic religions. 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To other it is his most constructive activity providing an ultimate meaning to the projects of his culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is beyond controversy, is the importance of appreciating the force of religion as a maj0or influence in the life of man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book provides an introduction to the scholarly study of some the religious traditions involved in human history.,  The author has tried his level best to seek and to provide some description of the rituals, myths, symbolic devices, belief systems, religious practices, and social organizations of Indian religions particularly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Christopher Augustus Bixel Tirkey \/ ISPCK \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776408662185,"sku":"17331","price":14.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/17331_09544a3a-4c2d-4f22-9939-370cd6b3b280.jpg?v=1625496541"},{"product_id":"17416-the-christ-and-the-bodhisattva","title":"The Christ and the Bodhisattva","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Donald S Lopez\u003cbr\u003eSteven  C Rockefeller\/\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): Donald S Lopez \/  Steven Rockefeller\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sri Satguru Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1992\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 274\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 81-7030-323-0\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, the authors explore and reconsider the contemporary significance of the Christ and the Bodhisattva.  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Has life a purpose? Does God exist? Is there an afterlife? Can sorrow be ended? What is Liberation?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author maintains that it is far more important to understand the psychological reasons why people become attached to certain doctrines than merely to be conversant with the doctrines themselves. Religion should heighten the intelligence of man instead of reducing it to servility, where he is prepared to accept any dogma with an attitude of unquestioning acquiescence. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is the use of religion if it does not elevate the mind, so that it become a fine instrument that is highly skeptical, alert and every-watchful? 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Or, why have mystics often spoken about what they have realized-notwithstanding the unspeakability of a spiritual experience? And, yet more significantly, how can a meeting point of different religious traditions be discovered at the mystical level? Focussing on these and other related questions, eminent scholars from varying religious traditions here explore the nature of mystical experience in two of the world’s major traditions: Hinduism and Christianity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeither a comparative study of religious traditions, nor an attempt to develop an overall mystical theology, the book sets out a spiritual dialogue between Shaiva and Christian mysticism: a dialogue wherein the participants articulate worldviews of the mystical traditions of Shaiva Siddhanta, Kashmir Shaivism, Meister Eckhart, Hadewijch, Julian of Norwich, St. Ignatius Loyola, and of the Eastern Christianity. 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The synod is an ardent affirmation of faith in Jesus Christ the Saviour, and it remains a call to conversion, he told the assembled Bishops and Cardinals, He fervently endorsed the call of this Bishops, the heart of the Church in Asia will be restless until the whole of Asia finds its rest in the peace of Christ, the Risen Lord.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow come our secularists insist that conversion is not the aim of the Church when the Church repeatedly and explicitly declares that the singular aim of all its activities is to convert non-Christians to Christianity, and thereby harvest souls for Jesus?  When it explicitly declares that a conversion is genuine to the extent that the new convert brings in other converts? How does the Church pursue this goal in the face of the Supreme Court’s emphatic verdict that the freedom to propagate does not include freedom to convert, that conversion is in fact an assault on the freedom of conscience that our Constitution guarantees to the persons the proselytizers target?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut how can we disregard the command in the gospels of our Lord Jesus Christ to do So? The missionaries exclaim. How come missionaries, having projected their Lord as superior on the ground, inter alia, that he was a figure of history while our Gods are just mythical figures, how come these very missionaries now suddenly turn around and say, But it is the figure of faith you have to focus on? What happens when we do focus on Jesus as a figure of Faith?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 500 years the Church has heaped calumny on our Gods-Krishna was a thief, Rama Lied, Shiva, How does the god of their scripture measure up on their own criteria? Having created the entire universe, with its infinite space and time, with its innumerable galaxies, why, as Tom Paine Asked, is He so obsessed with whether this puny little man on this speck of an earth is worshipping any entity other than Him? Why is He so totally ineffective in getting even his chosen people to worship Him and Him Alone? On the telling of the Christian scripture itself, is He compassionate, all-knowing, all-powerful?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGod eclipsed by his son. The Son eclipsed by the Church. Having condemned us for 500 years as idolaters, how come the Church has its devotes worship idols of Mary and Jesus? And the relics of its saints?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHolding as they do that salvation is possible only through Christianity, that all non-Christians are condemned to eternal hell-fire, how do missionaries don the cloak of ecumenism? What did Vatican-II actually says? If all faiths lead to salvation, what is the ground for conversion? 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D'Souza reveals: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Why Christianity explains what modern science tells us about the universe and our origins--that matter was created out of nothing, that light preceded the sun--better than atheism does \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*How Christianity created the framework for modern science, so that Christianity and science are not irreconcilable, but science and atheism might be \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Why the alleged sins of Christianity--the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Galileo affair (\"an atheist's fable\")--are vastly overblown \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Why atheist regimes are responsible for the greatest mass murders of history \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Why evolution does not threaten Christian belief, but actually supports the \"argument from design\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Why atheists fear the Big Bang theory and the \"anthropic principle\" of the universe, which are keystones of modern astronomy and physics \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*How Christianity explains consciousness and free will, which atheists have to deny \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Why ultimately you can't have Western civilization--and all we value from it--without the Christianity that gave it birth. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvocative, enlightening, a twenty-first-century successor to C. S. Lewis' Mere Christianity, Dinesh D'Souza's What's So Great About Christianity is the perfect book for the seeker, the skeptic, and the believer who wants to defend his faith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS \u0026amp; COMMENTS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf there is purpose for the recent attacks on God and Christianity, it is that these angry assaults have inspired a sober and informative answer of the kind this book provides. This is a timely, important and illuminating work, scholarly in tone, though accessible to a general audience. Agnostics and atheists will not be able to ignore this challenge.”\u003cbr\u003e-\tDaniel Robinson, Oxford University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“As an unbeliever I passionately disagree with Dinesh D’Souza on some of his positions. But he is a first rate scholar whom I feel absolutely compelled to read. His thorough research and elegant prose have elevated him into the top ranks of those who champion liberty and individual responsibility. Now he adds Christianity to his formula for the good society, and although non-Christians and non-theists may disagree with some of his arguments, we ignore him at our peril. D’Souza’s book takes the debate to a new level. Read it.”\u003cbr\u003e-\tMichael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Pastors, teachers, believers, and the sincerely perplexed will find this book indispensable. It sets an example of how to engage vitally important questions without mudslinging and prejudice. D’ Souza uses facts and careful reasoning and exposes the atheist attack as intellectually baseless. Rarely have I seen such forceful clarity brought to an issue of such timeliness and importance.” \u003cbr\u003e-\tDallas Willard, author of the Divine Conspiracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\tA Note on the Interpretation of Scripture\u003cbr\u003ePreface\t A Challenge to Believers-and Unbelievers\u003cbr\u003ePart I : The Future of Christianity\t\u003cbr\u003eChapter One\t The Twilight of Atheism : The Global Triumph of Christianity\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two\tSurvival of the Sacred : Why Religion is Winning\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three\tGod is Not Great : The Atheist Assault on Religion\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four\tMiseducating the Young : Saving Children from their Parents\u003cbr\u003ePart II: Christianity and the West\t\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five\tRender unto Caesar : The Spiritual Basis of Limited Government\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six\tThe Evil That I Would Not : Christianity and Human Fallibility\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven\tCreated Equal : the Origin of Human Dignity\u003cbr\u003ePart III: Christianity and Science\t\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eight\tChristianity and Reason : The Theological Roots of Science\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nine\tFrom Logos to Cosmos : Christianity and the Invention of Invention\u003cbr\u003eChapter ten\tAn Atheist Fable : Reopening the Galileo Case\u003cbr\u003ePart IV : The Argument from Design\tThe Atheist Fable : Reopening the Galileo Case\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eleven\tA Universe with a Beginning : God and the Astronomers\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twelve\tA Designer Planet : man’s special in Creation\u003cbr\u003eChapter Thirteen\tPaley Was Right : Evolution and the Argument from Design\u003cbr\u003eChapter Fourteen\tThe Geneis Problem : The Methodological Atheism of Science\u003cbr\u003ePart V : Christianity and Philosophy\t\u003cbr\u003eChapter Fifteen\tThe World Beyond Our Senses : Kant and the Limits of Reason\u003cbr\u003eChapter Sixteen\tIn the Belly of the Whale : Why Miracles are Possible\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seventeen\tA Skeptic’s Wager : Pascal and the Reasonableness of Faith\u003cbr\u003ePart VI : Christianity and Suffering\t\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eighteen\tRethinking the Inquisition: The  Exaggerated Crimes of Religion\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nineteen\tA License to kill : Atheism and the Mass Murders of History\u003cbr\u003ePart VII : Christianity and Morality\t\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty\tNatural Law and Divine Law :  \u003cbr\u003eThe Objective Foundation of Morality\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-One\tThe Ghost in the Machine : Why man is more than matter\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-Two\tThe Imperial” I”: When the self Become the Arbiter of Morality\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-Three\tOpiate of the Morally Corrupt: Why unbelief is so appealing\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-Four\tThe Problem of Evil : Where is Atheism \u003cbr\u003eWhen bad things Happen?\u003cbr\u003ePart VIII: Christianity and You\t\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-Five\tJesus among Other Gods: The Uniqueness of Christianity\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-Six\tA Foretaste of Eternity:\u003cbr\u003e\tHow Christianity can change your life\u003cbr\u003e\tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\tNotes\u003cbr\u003e\tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Dinesh D'Souza \/ Jaico \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776541601961,"sku":"24330","price":23.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/24330_ceec9c23-9db2-401c-a83b-5897f2614be1.jpg?v=1625518475"},{"product_id":"24433-images-of-the-world-essays-on-religion-secularism-and-culture","title":"Images of the World  -  Essays on Religion, Secularism, and Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: T N Madan\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2008\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 398\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195698347\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Collection engages with the persistence of religion in the modern world. A core idea that binds the essays together is the understanding—supported by a vast body of historical and social science research—that despite the rise of the processes of rationalization, secularization, and cultural change, religion still occupies a significant place in the lives of most people in India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS \u0026amp; COMMENTS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘…a useful and engaging collection of public addresses and writings produced over a period of roughly twenty years…[The book] represents a continuing exploration of the significance of culture, ethnicity and secularism by one of India’s foremost sociologists.’ —Amiya P. Sen, The Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This rich collection of essays by T.N. 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Not only are there several religions but they differ from one anthor in many ways. Further, each claims to show the right way of life, each claims to provide supreme peace and fulfillment.\t\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003eDiversity of religion, however, is not merely a philosophical problem. It has immense social, culture and political consequences. Differences among religions have been one of the main causes of wars and communal riots all through human history. Even in normal, peaceful society, many people harbour prejudice and ill will towards followers of religions other than their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINAUGURAL SESSION\u003cbr\u003eWelcome Address\u003cbr\u003eInaugural Speech\u003cbr\u003eKeynote Address\u003cbr\u003eChairman’s address\u003cbr\u003eVote of thanks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFIRST ACADEMIC SESSION\u003cbr\u003eHinduism-Theory and Practice\u003cbr\u003eAn Introduction to Islam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSECOND ACADEMIC SESSION\u003cbr\u003eGlobal Peace and Harmony through Global Values\u003cbr\u003eHarmony of religions-A Buddhist Perspective\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHIRD ACADEMIC SESSION\u003cbr\u003eContribution of Sri Ramanuja of Interreligious Harmony \u003cbr\u003eReligious harmony in India: Its History, Politicals, Aesthetics and logic-A Caitanyaite Perspective\u003cbr\u003eNimbarka Philosophy and Samanvayavada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFOURTH ACADEMIC SESSION\u003cbr\u003eMajor Issues in a Dialogical Pluralistic Paradigm for Interreligious Relationships\u003cbr\u003eYoga: The Esoteric Essence of All Religions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFIFTH ACADEMIC SESSION\u003cbr\u003eRelevance of Judaism in the Twenty-first Century\u003cbr\u003eExploring Harmony among Religious Traditions in India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSIXTH ACADEMIC SESSION\u003cbr\u003eAccessing Spirituality to Resolve Religious Conflicts: A Catholic Perspective\u003cbr\u003eSiddha Yoga: An Experience of Unity and Harmony\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSEVENTH ACADEMIC SESSION\u003cbr\u003eResources for Inter-faith Harmon-A Sikh Point of View\u003cbr\u003eExploring Harmony among Religious Traditions in India: The Islamic Perspective\u003cbr\u003eHarmony of religions from the Standpoint of Sri Ramakrishna and Vivekananda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDISCUSSION\u003cbr\u003eVALEDICTORY SESSION\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Swami Prabhananda \/ Ramakrishna Mission \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776544223401,"sku":"24445","price":26.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/24445_c0a39e97-dce6-4e44-85d4-366b2e4cf47f.jpg?v=1625527382"},{"product_id":"24816-philosophy-philosophers","title":"Philosophy \u0026 Philosophers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: R K Dasgupta\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2008\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 170\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8187332654\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lofty level at which Professors R. 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The characteristic feature of these bhakta-mystics was that by no orthodox criterion could they be identified as purely Hindu or Muslim.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEXCERPTS FROM REVIEWS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e…The author of this carefully researched and balanced study has performed a service for students of religion and social history.\u003cbr\u003e…The book is a significant contribution to an understanding of the complexities of Indian religious history.\u003cbr\u003e-\tSTANLEY E. BRUSH, University of Bridgeport\u003cbr\u003eThe Muslim World, July\/October 1984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe main objective of this readable and well-documented book is not so much to present new information about the great Indian preacher of mutual understanding, as to reinterpret the information already available on him in order to show in what circumstances he tried to resolve the historical tensions extant between Hindus and Muslims. It must be welcomed because it not only offers a well-arranged and lucid interpretation of all the more or less known facts, but primarily seeks to thoroughly re-evaluate the real foundations of the Hindu-Muslim relationship. In this sense, the work is very timely.\u003cbr\u003e-\tArchivorientalini, Volume 52\/1984\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword   By Prof. C.J. 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Looking in particular at eastern and northern India as well as Tamil Nadu and parts of Andhra, this book studies certain crucial themes pertaining to Christianity in India: Mission as ideology; the nature of the cultural contact between Missions and Indian religions; the conversion experience of an Indian minority and the consequent conflict of cultural loyalties within an Indian Christian elite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn doing so it opens up a wider debate on the nature of imperialism and proto-nationalism.  At one level it looks at how the missionary ideology ties up with imperialism, and at another at the ideology developed by Indian religions to fend off the missionary onslaught.  The author argues that India's traditional institutions and their functionaries did more to ward off this challenge than did the later religious reform movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART I : MISSION IDEOLOGY IN CONTEXT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eIdeology and Strategy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003eCultural Context\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II : MISSION AND CULTURAL CONTACT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003eMissionary Case-Studies : Bengal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003eMissionary Case-Studies : Lower Hindustan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003eMissionary Case-Studies : Upper Hindustan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003eMissionary Case-Studies : The South\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III : INDIAN CHRISTIANS AND CONVERSION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII\u003cbr\u003eConversion : Case-Studies from the South\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII\u003cbr\u003eConversion : Case-Studies from Bengal and the North\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eA Select Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Antony Copley \/ Oxford University Press \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776645738665,"sku":"3363","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/3291_f90778de-6183-4e87-bcbc-3c519198c4f7.jpg?v=1625520501"},{"product_id":"3874-religion-in-india","title":"Religion in India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: T N Madan\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 460\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195630920\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume attempts to capture the great diversity of religious phenomena in India and brings together the theoretical perspective of a wide variety of scholars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReligion in India is an important contribution to the sociology of religion.   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It performs the task of interrogating historically the Buddhist and brahminical worldviews and it shows that Buddha constructed a very powerful speculative political philosophy which can form the basis for reconstructing ancient Eastern political philosophy itself.  It shows that Buddhist theorizing is as powerful as that of the ancient Greek thinkers, and fulfills the dream of Ambedkar that Buddha should become the basis of our study of the ancient stare, rights, property and justice.\u003cbr\u003e- Professor Gopal Guru, Poona University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the most creative social philosopher in our history, Buddha has symbolized al alternative of possibilities of organizing society, an alternative to the hierarchical and inegalitarian principles of Brahmanism.  For this reason, Buddha has an enduring appeal to the marginalized in our society.  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