My point in the above is simply to note a limitation in the forms of openness that characterize
the Indian religious traditions.
The method of
the Indian religious traditions is somewhat different.
Having read Lott's later work, especially on tribal religions and ecological resources in
Indian religious traditions, I know that he will not be unhappy with this dimension of the enterprise.
The chief problem facing any comparative study involving
the Indian religious tradition is the identification of the characteristic elements of that tradition.
The cosmic and acosmic descriptions of brahman are two of the three major elements of
the Indian religious tradition.
The literature of
the Indian religious tradition begins with the Vedas.
Not exact matches
They also suggest that Whitehead's thought might provide the key element for an adequate bridge between
Indian and Western philosophico -
religious traditions.
Thus the Commission called for a Christian concern for Higher Education which helps critical rational and humanist evaluation of both the western and
Indian cultures to build a new cultural concept which subordinated
religious traditions, technology and politics to personal values according to the principle «Sabbath is made for man and not man for the Sabbath», enunciated by Jesus and illustrated in the idea of Incarnation of God in Christ.
In Eliade, an
Indian Christian finds a Guru who opens the eyes to see the wealth of
Indian traditions and who has made
Indian / oriental
religious philosophy dialogue with Western / occidental philosophical thought.
Many felt that the theological task of India need not be the preserve of the «Brahmanic
Tradition» within the
Indian Church, which had always used «intuition, inferiority oriented approach» to theologising.14 Dalit theologians were of the opinion that the theological and cultural domination of Brahmanic
traditions within
Indian Christianity, ignoring the rich cultural and
religious experience of the Dalits had to be ignored, if not rejected completely.
Whether it involves a memorial in Little Rock, Arkansas, to a victim of the Trail of Tears, the Hawaiian
tradition of pono (righteousness and balance), California New Age groups borrowing
Indian rituals or New Mexico tribes arguing for the return of their sacred sites, the story of regional
religious culture has to acknowledge these rich (and often contentious) roots.
In another episode, when Lovejoy is citing the various
religious traditions of the neighbors who saved Homer's life, the minister pauses in the case of Apu, the
Indian who runs the Kwik - E-Mart.
Those who study
Indian religions will affirm that this ability of local communities to participate in more than one
religious tradition is not unique to Dalit Christians!
Here is one of the wonderful things about living in this incredible
Indian culture, with its rich variety of
religious traditions - one of the many gifts God gives to God's people.
The strong
religious traditions of the country and slovenly nature of
Indians are among their negative features.
This collection showcases the diversity of regional cultures and
religious traditions that have defined the
Indian subcontinent's artistic production over more than 3000 years.
Malani originally studied classical painting, but abandoned this
tradition in the 1990s as a reaction to a growing
religious fundamentalism in
Indian politics.