Perspectives on reincarnation : : Hindu, Christian, and Scientific / / special issue editor, Jeffery D. Long.

• TeilnehmendeR: Long, Jeffery D.,
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 electronic resource (200 p.)

The articles in this volume, all by leading scholars, examine the topic of rebirth, or reincarnation, from a wide range of perspectives. The main focus of most of the articles is the idea of rebirth as found in Hindu texts and traditions. There are also articles exploring Christian responses to the idea of rebirth as well as expressions of the idea of rebirth in the Western world (such as in the thought of poet William Butler Yeats and in an American context). There are also philosophical and theological articles arguing both for and against the idea of rebirth, as well as articles which take a more historical or literary approach to this topic. The shared thread unifying all of these articles is the idea that rebirth is an important idea that holds great fascination for many. While the primary focus is on Hindu and Christian expressions of or responses to this idea, there are also articles that engage with scientific thinking on this topic, and one which engages with Buddhism as well. In short, this volume is an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural, and cross-traditional exploration of the topic of reincarnation that should appeal to a wide array of readers.

Table of Contents

Perspectives on Reincarnation: Hindu, Christian, and Scientific - Editors introduction / Jeffery D. Long -- One life / Many Lives: An Internal Hindu-Christian Dialogue / Jeffery D. Long -- Pātañjala Yoga's Theory of 'Many-Lives' through Karma and Rebirth and Its Eccentric 'Theism' / Gerald James Larson -- Seeing in Eternal Return: Hermeneutical Perspectives on Karma and Rebirth / Jonathan Edelmann -- Reincarnation: Mechanics, Narratives, and Implications / Christopher Key Chapple -- Reincarnation in America: A Brief Historical Overview / Lee Irwin -- Hindu Students and Their Missionary Teachers: Debating the Relevance of Rebirth in the Colonial Indian Academy / Nalini Bhushan -- An 18th Century Jesuit "Refutation of Metempsychosis" in Sanskrit / Gérard Colas and Usha Colas-Chauhan -- To Never See Death: Yeats, Reincarnation, and Resolving the Antinomies of the Body-Soul Dilemma / C. Nicholas Serra -- The Reincarnation(s) of Jaya and Vijaya: A Journey through the Yugas / Steven J. Rosen -- Belief in Reincarnation and Some Unresolved Questions in Catholic Eschatology / Bradley Malkovsky -- Erratum: Belief in Reincarnation and Some Unresolved Questions in Catholic Eschatology / Religions Editorial Office -- The Reality and the Verifiability of Reincarnation / Ankur Barua -- Science's Big Problem, Reincarnation's Big Potential, and Buddhists' Profound Embarrassment / Ted Christopher -- Rebirth According to the Bhagavad gītā; Epistemology, Ontology and Ethics / Ithamar Theodor -- One-Birth, Many-Births: A Conversation Reborn A Response to "Perspectives on Reincarnation: Hindu, Christian, and Scientific," a Thematic Issue of Religions / Francis X. Clooney, SJ.