Eastern Religions and Western Thought

Author: S Radhakrishnan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 396
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0195624564

Description

This book describes the ideas of Indian philosophy and religion, and defends them from its critics. It traces the influence of Indian mysticism upon Greek thought and Christian development through Alexandrian Judaism, and Christian Gnosticism. The author argues that Christianity will find its re-birth in a renewed alliance withEastern heritage.