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  • 3 - Different Eyes

  • David Brown, University of St Andrews, Scotland
  • Book:
    Learning from Other Religions
    Published online:
    30 October 2023
    Print publication:
    16 November 2023, pp 78-114

  • Summary

    The first section of the chapter explores the history of the religion from its origins in the Vedas up to the present time. The remainder of the chapter is then devoted to two more practical areas where Christianity might have something to learn. The first is Hinduism’s different attitude to the visual and its ability both to critique western stress on the absolute character of the word and to offer an alternative perspective on how, through the concept of darshan, Christianity could better appreciate its own liturgical settings. The question of gender as applied to divinity is then explored through Hinduism’s treatment of female deities, partly through the myths themselves, partly through Francis Clooney’s comparative studies and partly through consideration of Kali’s imagery in her two main temples in Kolkota and Ramakrishna’s accompanying meditations.