Downloadable lectures
A conversation on Western and Indian perspectives on reading a Hindu text: The case of the Bhagavad-gita.
Related: Bhagavad-gita, Comparative Theology
Islamic monotheism and Islamic piety: In conversation with Hindu perspectives
Related: Comparative Theology, Islam
The importance of Bhishma for Indo-European cultural comparativism
Related: Mahabharata
The abundance and vicissitudes of multiplicity: The case of chaunsatha yoginis
Related: Yoga
Hindus and Hinduism in contemporary Britain (part of the 'Relating to the other: Hindu and Christian perspectives' series)
Part of the 'Relating to the other: Hindu and Christian perspectives' series.
Christian nuptial mysticism and parallels with Indian mystical trends
Related: Bhakti, Comparative Theology, Mysticism
The truth(s) of translation
This is the third of our joint seminars. We began with two sessions entitled, "Around the Table: A conversation on Jewish and Hindu dietary and dining customs". Dr Miri Freud-Kandel and Prof. Ramaratnam led these seminars, in Trinity term 2003. This term we hope to journey from the kitchen to the temple and delve deeper into both traditions and their approaches to truth and interpretation
Related: Comparative Theology, Judaism, Text
The truth(s) of translation
Presented by the Centre for Hindu Studies & the Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Related: Comparative Theology, Judaism, Text
Christian theological responses to Hinduism (part of the 'Relating to the other: Hindu and Christian perspectives' series)
Part of the 'Relating to the other: Hindu and Christian perspectives' series.
Related: Christianity, Comparative Theology
Devised lineages and pliant biographies: A study of Shiva and his retinue
Related: Iconography, Saiva
Violence and peacemaking in Hindu and Christian tradition
Part of the 'Relating to the other: Hindu and Christian perspectives' series.
Related: Christianity, Comparative Theology
Authority and scripture in Hindu and Christian thought
Part of the 'Relating to the other: Hindu and Christian perspectives' series.
Related: Christianity, Comparative Theology, Text
Kavya, (literature as an art form) and bhakti
Related: Bhakti, Literature
Christian and Indian traditions in historical perspective (part of the 'Relating to the other: Hindu and Christian perspectives' series)
Part of the 'Relating to the other: Hindu and Christian perspectives' series.
Related: Christianity, Comparative Theology
Understanding Hindus as an educational exercise in understanding self and other
Part of the 'Relating to the other: Hindu and Christian perspectives' series.
Related: Christianity, Comparative Theology
The Hindu imagination and imaginary Hinduisms
Related: Iconography, Literature, Modern Hinduism
Sanskrit readings: Bhagavata purana, skandha x, chapters 29, 31-33
Hindu non-dualism (advaita) in theory and practice (eight lectures)
A series of eight lectures
Related: Hindu Theology, Vedanta
A Christian theology of religions in light of Hinduism (ten lectures)
These lectures aim to delineate the methods and goals of a Christian theology of religions informed by the faith, practice, and theologies of another religious tradition. In the limited space of these lectures, the Christian tradition will be discussed primarily in its Roman Catholic form; (certain strands of) Hinduism will serve as the example of another religious tradition.
Related: Christianity, Comparative Theology
What's a Hindu?
What's a Hindu?: The term 'Hindu', where it comes from and what it represents. Looking at the fundamental principles, values, culture that we may call Hindu.
Related: General
Tagore on western science, technology, and medicine
Related: Modern Hinduism, Science and Religion
Western perceptions of Indian culture
An historical overview of how the West has interpreted and misinterpreted. Indian culture through the ages.
Related: Iconography, Literature, Modern Hinduism