With historical-critical analysis and dialogical even-handedness, the essays of this book re-assess the life and legacy of Swami Vivekananda, forged at a time of colonial suppression, from the vantage point of socially-engaged religion at a time of global dislocations and international inequities. Due to the complexity of Vivekananda as a historical figure on the cusp of late modernity with its vast transformations, few works offer a contemporary, multi-vocal, nuanced, academic examination of his liberative vision and legacy in the way that this volume does. It brings together North American, European, British, and Indian scholars associated with a broad array of humanistic disciplines towards critical-constructive, contextually-sensitive reflections on one of the most important thinkers and theologians of the modern era.
ISBN: | 9781498586047 |
Publication date: | 11th January 2021 |
Author: | Rita D. Sherma, T. S. Rukmani, Ayon Maharaj |
Publisher: | Lexington Books |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 292 pages |
Series: | Explorations in Indic Traditions: Theological, Ethical, and Philosophical |
Genres: |
Biography: religious and spiritual Hinduism History of religion Theology |