Hindu perspectives on evolution: Darwin, dharma, and design
C. Mackenzie Brown
Hindu perspectives on evolution: Darwin, dharma, and design
Author
C. Mackenzie BrownPublisher
RoutledgeEdition 1
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Title and Author
Hindu perspectives on evolution: Darwin, dharma, and design / C. Mackenzie BrownPublication Details
لندن : Routledge، 2012مPhysical Description
xii, 276 p.: ill.; 24 cm.Subject
Evolution (Biology) Religious aspects HinduismHinduism -- India
series
(Routledge Hindu studies series؛ )Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. ]652[ - 862( and index.
Contents
Design and Darwin in the Hindu dharma traditions -- Creationism and evolutionism in the ancient and classical traditions -- Manifestation and apparent design in the Advaita Vedanta of Sankara -- Theism and atomistic design in the Nyaya - Vaisesika of Udayana -- Design discounted in the Visistadvaita Vedanta of Ramanuja -- Design and Darwin in the colonial period -- The Vedantic deism of Rammohan Roy -- Design and the intuitive theism of Debendranath Tagore -- Design and the religious evolutionism of Keshab Chandra Sen -- The modern Vedic creationism of Dayananda Saraswati -- The modern Advaitic evolutionism of Swami Vivekananda -- The integrative evolutionism of Sri Aurobindo Ghose -- Design and Darwin in the post-colonial period -- Design and Darwin in the contemporary Hindu world -- Conclusion: what role for Brahma?