Hindu theology and biology : the Bhāgavata Puraṇa and contemporary theory / Jonathan B. Edelmann.

A response to the challenging questions raised in the science and religion dialogue by drawing on Hindu theology. Edelmann replies to the sciences through close reading of an important Hindu text, the 'Bhāgavata Puraṇa', as well engaging with Hindu philosophical disciplines such as Saṁk...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Edelmann, Jonathan B., 1976-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Series:	Oxford theological monographs.
Subjects:	Puranas. > Bhāgavatapurāṇa. Puranas. > Bhāgavatapurāṇa Bhagavata-Purana Hinduism and science. Hinduism and science Naturwissenschaften Vishnuismus. Neurowissenschaften. Kognitionswissenschaft. Religion. Philosophy & Religion. Hinduism.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction. The purpose and possibility of dialogue
A dialogue between science and religion?
The meaning of Bhaḡavata theology
Types of biological texts anatomy of a worldview
Setting the scene. Bhaḡavata Puranạ overview
Contemporary evolutionary theory overview
Ontology of body, mind and consciousness. Ontology of the Bhaḡavata
Physicalism: views from Darwin and neuroscience reconciling physicalism and the Ontology of the Bhaḡavata
Toward a Bhaḡavata. Theory of knowledge
The instruments of knowledge relationships
Between the instruments of knowledge testimony, nonsensory perception and practice
The study of nature as Vaishnava-Yoga. Cosmic body
Cosmogony
Cosmography
Seeing truth, hearing truth. Objectivity in the natural sciences
Testimony in the sciences
Transforming Vaishnava theology: reflections on Hermeneutics
Moving from nature to God. From scientific theory to God: closer comparisons
Science as a form of religious practice: closer comparisons
Conclusion.

Hindu theology and biology : the Bhāgavata Puraṇa and contemporary theory / Jonathan B. Edelmann.

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