“Reciprocal Illumination” of Hinduism, Human Rights, and the Comparative Study of Religion: Arvind Sharma’s Contributions

IF 0.3 4区 哲学 0 RELIGION
Nancy M. Martin
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Arvind Sharma has made immensely significant contributions in the fields of both comparative religion and the study of Hinduism through his methodology of “reciprocal illumination” and his prominent role in international conversations on women and religion, religion and human rights, freedom of religion, and religious tolerance and conflict. Aware of the power of religion and its negative valuation, especially post-September 11, he displays a deep commitment to fostering interreligious understanding, arguing for religion as an essential and positive partner in envisioning and actualizing human flourishing, upholding human dignity, and engaging in global ethical cooperation, and equally he demonstrates Hinduism’s potential contribution both to these endeavors and to moving the field of comparative studies beyond its Western, Christian, and colonialist origins and assumptions. This essay details these contributions and Sharma’s place as an interpreter of Hinduism for those inside and outside the tradition in our time.

印度教、人权和宗教比较研究的 "相互启示":阿尔温德-夏尔马的贡献
阿尔温德-夏尔马通过他的 "相互启发 "方法,以及他在有关妇女与宗教、宗教与人权、宗教自由、宗教宽容与冲突的国际对话中的突出作用,在比较宗教和印度教研究领域做出了巨大贡献。他意识到宗教的力量及其负面价值,尤其是在 "9-11 "事件之后,他表现出促进宗教间理解的坚定承诺,主张宗教是构想和实现人类繁荣、维护人类尊严和参与全球伦理合作的重要和积极的合作伙伴,同样,他也展示了印度教对这些努力和推动比较研究领域超越其西方、基督教和殖民主义起源和假设的潜在贡献。本文详细介绍了这些贡献以及夏尔马作为印度教解释者在我们这个时代为印度教传统内外的人们所做的贡献。
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期刊介绍: Founded in 1997, the International Journal of Hindu Studies is committed to publishing excellent scholarship on well-established topics in Hindu Studies, to fostering new work in neglected areas, and to stimulating alternative perspectives as well as exchange of information on a wide range of issues. The Journal supports critical inquiry, hermeneutical interpretive proposals, and historical investigation into all aspects of Hindu traditions.    While committed to publishing articles that will advance scholarship in any discipline relevant to Hindu Studies, the Journal is especially interested in areas of research that have cross-disciplinary relevance or new implications for this emerging field of scholarly interest. Submissions of a comparative or theoretical nature in every discipline in the humanities and social sciences will receive serious and respectful consideration. Each submission to the Journal will receive double-blind review.
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