Hick and Radhakrishnan on Religious Diversity: Back to the Kantian Noumenon

We shall examine some conceptual tensions in Hick’s ‘pluralism’ in the light of S. Radhakrishnan’s reformulation of classical Advaita. Hick himself often quoted Radhakrishnan’s translations from the Hindu scriptures in support of his own claims about divine ineffability, transformative experience an...

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Published in:Sophia
Main Author: Barua, Ankur 1977- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands [2015]
In: Sophia
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AX Inter-religious relations
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B John Hick
B Pluralism
B S. Radhakrishnan
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