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Hinduism II: Hindu ideas of liberation Lecture 7: The Pancaratra

Full Name (inc. titles): 
Professor Gavin Flood
Date: 
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 11:00
Location: 
Theology Faculty Seminar Room

These lectures will examine conceptions of liberation and paths leading to liberation in the history of ‘Hindu’ traditions. After an introductory lecture that raises some of the theological questions about the relation of path to goal and the importance of ritual and asceticism in the history of Indian religions, we will begin with an examination of Samkhya, the philosophical backdrop of Yoga, and move on to the opening Yoga-sutras, their ideal of liberation as isolation (kaivalya), and the means of achieving that goal.

First name (inc. titles): 
Professor Gavin

Hinduism II: Hindu ideas of liberation Lecture 4: Bhakti and Yoga in the Bhagavad-gita and its interpreters

Full Name (inc. titles): 
Professor Gavin Flood
Date: 
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 11:00
Location: 
Theology Faculty Seminar Room

These lectures will examine conceptions of liberation and paths leading to liberation in the history of ‘Hindu’ traditions. After an introductory lecture that raises some of the theological questions about the relation of path to goal and the importance of ritual and asceticism in the history of Indian religions, we will begin with an examination of Samkhya, the philosophical backdrop of Yoga, and move on to the opening Yoga-sutras, their ideal of liberation as isolation (kaivalya), and the means of achieving that goal.

First name (inc. titles): 
Professor Gavin

Hinduism II: Hindu ideas of liberation Lecture 5: Bhakti literatures and ritual texts

Full Name (inc. titles): 
Professor Gavin Flood
Date: 
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 11:00
Location: 
Theology Faculty Seminar Room

These lectures will examine conceptions of liberation and paths leading to liberation in the history of ‘Hindu’ traditions. After an introductory lecture that raises some of the theological questions about the relation of path to goal and the importance of ritual and asceticism in the history of Indian religions, we will begin with an examination of Samkhya, the philosophical backdrop of Yoga, and move on to the opening Yoga-sutras, their ideal of liberation as isolation (kaivalya), and the means of achieving that goal.

First name (inc. titles): 
Professor Gavin

Hinduism II: Hindu ideas of liberation Lecture 8: Monistic Saivism

Full Name (inc. titles): 
Professor Gavin Flood
Date: 
Monday, May 11, 2009 - 11:00
Location: 
Theology Faculty Seminar Room

These lectures will examine conceptions of liberation and paths leading to liberation in the history of ‘Hindu’ traditions. After an introductory lecture that raises some of the theological questions about the relation of path to goal and the importance of ritual and asceticism in the history of Indian religions, we will begin with an examination of Samkhya, the philosophical backdrop of Yoga, and move on to the opening Yoga-sutras, their ideal of liberation as isolation (kaivalya), and the means of achieving that goal.

First name (inc. titles): 
Professor Gavin

Hinduism I: Themes and textual sources Part 2

Full Name (inc. titles): 
Professor Gavin Flood
Date: 
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 11:00
Location: 

This course offers a thematic and historical introduction to Hinduism for students of theology and religious studies. Focusing on the brahmanical tradition we will explore the textual sources, categories, practices and social institutions that formed that tradition. Primary texts in translation will provide the basis for reflection on issues such as dharma, renunciation, caste, and concepts of deity. We then move on to some of the major philosophical developments of the tradition, with particular emphasis on the Vedānta.

First name (inc. titles): 
Professor Gavin

Hinduism I: Themes and textual sources Part 3

Full Name (inc. titles): 
Professor Gavin Flood
Date: 
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 11:00
Location: 

This course offers a thematic and historical introduction to Hinduism for students of theology and religious studies. Focusing on the brahmanical tradition we will explore the textual sources, categories, practices and social institutions that formed that tradition. Primary texts in translation will provide the basis for reflection on issues such as dharma, renunciation, caste, and concepts of deity. We then move on to some of the major philosophical developments of the tradition, with particular emphasis on the Vedānta.

First name (inc. titles): 
Professor Gavin

Hinduism I: Themes and textual sources Part 4

Full Name (inc. titles): 
Professor Gavin Flood
Date: 
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 11:00
Location: 

This course offers a thematic and historical introduction to Hinduism for students of theology and religious studies. Focusing on the brahmanical tradition we will explore the textual sources, categories, practices and social institutions that formed that tradition. Primary texts in translation will provide the basis for reflection on issues such as dharma, renunciation, caste, and concepts of deity. We then move on to some of the major philosophical developments of the tradition, with particular emphasis on the Vedānta.

First name (inc. titles): 
Professor Gavin

Hinduism I: Themes and textual sources Part 5

Full Name (inc. titles): 
Professor Gavin Flood
Date: 
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 11:00
Location: 

This course offers a thematic and historical introduction to Hinduism for students of theology and religious studies. Focusing on the brahmanical tradition we will explore the textual sources, categories, practices and social institutions that formed that tradition. Primary texts in translation will provide the basis for reflection on issues such as dharma, renunciation, caste, and concepts of deity. We then move on to some of the major philosophical developments of the tradition, with particular emphasis on the Vedānta.

First name (inc. titles): 
Professor Gavin

Hinduism I: Themes and textual sources Part 6

Full Name (inc. titles): 
Professor Gavin Flood
Date: 
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 11:00
Location: 

This course offers a thematic and historical introduction to Hinduism for students of theology and religious studies. Focusing on the brahmanical tradition we will explore the textual sources, categories, practices and social institutions that formed that tradition. Primary texts in translation will provide the basis for reflection on issues such as dharma, renunciation, caste, and concepts of deity. We then move on to some of the major philosophical developments of the tradition, with particular emphasis on the Vedānta.

First name (inc. titles): 
Professor Gavin

Hinduism I: Themes and textual sources Part 7

Full Name (inc. titles): 
Professor Gavin Flood
Date: 
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 11:00
Location: 

This course offers a thematic and historical introduction to Hinduism for students of theology and religious studies. Focusing on the brahmanical tradition we will explore the textual sources, categories, practices and social institutions that formed that tradition. Primary texts in translation will provide the basis for reflection on issues such as dharma, renunciation, caste, and concepts of deity. We then move on to some of the major philosophical developments of the tradition, with particular emphasis on the Vedānta.

First name (inc. titles): 
Professor Gavin

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