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Theology after Vedānta: an experiment in comparative theology
Francis X. Clooney
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Frontmatter
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Foreword (page xiii)
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Acknowledgments (page xvii)
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Chapter One: Comparative Theology and the Practice of Advaita Vedānta
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I. The Elements of the Experiment (page 1)
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II. Comparative Theology (page 4)
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III. Comparative Theology as Practical Knowledge (page 9)
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IV. Advaita, Text and Commentary (page 14)
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V. Practical Implications (page 30)
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Chapter Two: The Texture of the Advaita Vedānta Text
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I. The Texture of the Advaita Text (page 37)
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II. The Rough Texture of the Upaniṣads (page 38)
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III. The Organization of Upaniṣadic Knowledge in the UMS (page 44)
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IV. The Contextualization of Meaning through Engaged Reading (page 74)
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Chapter Three: The Truth of Advaita Vedānta
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I. The Problem of Truth in the Text (page 77)
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II. Strategies of Textual Truth (page 79)
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III. Truth after the Text: The True Meaning of the Upaniṣads and the World of Advaita (page 88)
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IV. Defending Brahman: The Fragmentation of the Other in the Text (page 102)
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V. Truth, Text and Reader (page 113)
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VI. A Concluding Note on Advaita and Intertextual Truth (page 115)
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Chapter Four: Advaita Vedānta and Its Readers
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I. The Tension between the Text and Its Truth (page 119)
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II. Timeless Truth, Timely Reading: The Truth in Reading (page 121)
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III. Becoming a Reader (page 129)
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IV. The Constraints on Liberation and the Cessation of Reading in UMS III.4: Description as Prescription (page 141)
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V. Advaita Elitism and the Possibility of the Unauthorized Reader: Finding a Loophole (page 149)
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Chapter Five: Theology after Advaita Vedānta: The Text, The Truth, and The Theologian
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I. The Practice of Comparative Theology (page 153)
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II. The Composition of the Text for Comparative Theology: Reading the Summa Theologae and the Uttara Mīmāmsā Sūtras Together (page 156)
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III. The Truth of Comparative Theology (page 187)
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IV. The Education of the Comparative Theologian (page 198)
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V. Finishing the Experiment (page 207)
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Notes (page 209)
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Selected Bibliography (page 249)
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Index (page 257)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JAAR | 63.3 (Autumn 1995): 608-609 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1465103 |
JAOS | 118.4 (Oct. - Dec. 1998): 558-560 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/604794 |
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Published: c1993
Publisher: State University of New York Press
- 9780791413661 (paper)
- 9780791413654 (hardcover)