Re-reading al-Biruni's "India": a case for intercultural understanding

It is argued that until recently the major motive behind the interest in religious traditions other than one's own has been to refute the truth-claims of the former. This attitude was based on the conviction that the religious tradition to which the student of religion belonged contained all th...

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Main Author: Ataman, Kemal (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2005
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2005, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 141-154
Further subjects:B Dialogue
B Islam
B Religious philosophy
B Philosophy of religion
B Middle Ages
B Früh
B Early
B Hinduism
B India
Online Access: Volltext (doi)