"God Is Infinite, and the Paths to God Are Infinite": A Reconstruction and Defense of Sri Ramakrishna's Vijñāna-Based Model of Religious Pluralism

The article presents an analysis of spiritual leader Ramakrishna's views on religious pluralism. Topics discussed include perspectives of scholars such as Jeffery Long regarding Ramakrishna's views on religious pluralism being derived from nonsectarian conception of God, spiritual discipli...

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Published in:The journal of religion
Main Author: Maharaj, Ayon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press 2017
In: The journal of religion
Further subjects:B LONG, Jeffery
B Religious Diversity
B Fanaticism
B SECTARIAN conflict
B RAMAKRISHNA, 1836-1886
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Summary:The article presents an analysis of spiritual leader Ramakrishna's views on religious pluralism. Topics discussed include perspectives of scholars such as Jeffery Long regarding Ramakrishna's views on religious pluralism being derived from nonsectarian conception of God, spiritual disciplines practiced by Ramakrishna in variety of traditions such as Islam and Vedānta and Ramakrishna views regarding sources of religious conflict and fanaticism being tendency to confuse means and ends.
ISSN:1549-6538
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1086/690478