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Hindu Perspectives on Evolution - Darwin, Dharma, and Design (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,788
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Hindu Perspectives on Evolution - Darwin, Dharma, and Design (Hardcover): C.Mackenzie Brown

Hindu Perspectives on Evolution - Darwin, Dharma, and Design (Hardcover)

C.Mackenzie Brown

Series: Routledge Hindu Studies Series

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Providing new insights into the contemporary creationist-evolution debates, this book looks at the Hindu cultural-religious traditions of India, the Hindu Dharma traditions. By focusing on the interaction of religion and science in a Hindu context, it offers a global context for understanding contemporary creationist-evolution conflicts and tensions utilizing a critical analysis of Hindu perspectives on these issues. The cultural and political as well as theological nature of these conflicts is illustrated by drawing attention to parallels with contemporary Islamic and Buddhist responses to modern science and Darwinism. The book explores various ancient and classical Hindu models to explain the origin of the universe encompassing creationist as well as evolutionary-but non-Darwinian-interpretations of how we came to be. Complex schemes of cosmic evolution were developed, alongside creationist proofs for the existence of God utilizing distinctly Hindu versions of the design argument. After examining diverse elements of the Hindu Dharmic traditions that laid the groundwork for an ambivalent response to Darwinism when it first became known in India, the book highlights the significance of the colonial context. Analysing critically the question of compatibility between traditional Dharmic theories of knowledge and the epistemological assumptions underlying contemporary scientific methodology, the book raises broad questions regarding the frequently alleged harmony of Hinduism, the eternal Dharma, with modern science, and with Darwinian evolution in particular.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Routledge Hindu Studies Series
Release date: 2012
First published: 2012
Authors: C.Mackenzie Brown
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-77970-8
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Hinduism
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Hinduism
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LSN: 0-415-77970-7
Barcode: 9780415779708

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