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This book presents contemporary scholarship on the Yoga Sutra. It
revisits Patanjali's philosophy by bringing it into dialogue with
contemporary concerns across a variety of topics and perspectives.
Questions regarding the role of the body in the practice of
classical yoga, the debate between the realistic or idealistic
interpretation of the text, the relation between Yoga and other
Indian philosophical schools, the use of imagination in the pursuit
of self-knowledge, the interplay between consciousness and nature,
the possibilities and limitations of using it as a therapeutic
philosophy, the science of meditation, and overcoming our fear of
death probe the many dimensions that this text continues to offer
for thought and reflection.
Synopsis: The challenges and changes that take place when religions
move from one cultural context to another present unique
opportunities for interreligious dialogue. In new cultural
environments religions are not only propelled to enter into
dialogue with the traditional or dominant religion of a particular
culture; religions are also invited to enter into dialogue with one
another about cultural changes. In this volume, scholars from
different religious traditions discuss the various types of
dialogue that have emerged from the process of acculturation. While
the phenomenon of religious acculturation has generally focused on
Western religions in non-Western contexts, this volume deals
predominantly with the acculturation in the United States. It thus
offers a fresh look at the phenomenon of acculturation while also
lifting up an often implicit or ignored dimension of interreligious
dialogue. Endorsements: "In a world becoming increasingly
pluralistic, culturally and religiously, this book provides a
generous assembly of leading scholars addressing the invariable
need for effective and enduring interreligious and intercultural
dialogue. This book is a rich resource for students and scholars .
. . both in the academy and in different religious circles."
-Marinus C. Iwuchukwu, Duquesne University "This fourth volume in
Cornille's impressive series on interreligious dialogue
demonstrates the extent to which religious identity is not only
conditioned by cultural realities, but how very often it is
self-consciously responsive to them. This relationship . . . drives
the reader to interrogate the most basic categories we use and
reify despite the ample historical and contemporary evidence of
cultural change, adaptation, and growth in identity." -John N.
Sheveland, Gonzaga University "Timely and informative, this book
discusses interreligious dialogue in the contexts of the search for
cultural identity, assimilation and acculturation, and religious
pluralism in the United States. Written by experts in the field,
it] is valuable for both scholars and general readers. I highly
recommend it." -Kwok Pui-lan, Episcopal Divinity School Author
Biography: Catherine Cornille is Professor of Comparative Theology
at Boston College. She is author of The Im-Possibility of
Interreligious Dialogue (2008) and managing editor of the series
Christian Commentaries on Non-Christian Sacred Texts. She is editor
of Song Divine (2006), Many Mansions? (2002), and A Universal
Faith? (1992). Stephanie Corigliano is a doctoral candidate in
Comparative Theology at Boston College, working in the area of
Hindu-Christian dialogue.
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