Hindu perspectives on evolution: Darwin, dharma, and design

by Brown, Cheever Mackenzie

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Full title :Hindu perspectives on evolution : Darwin, dharma, and design / C. Mackenzie Brown.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 276 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780415779708, 0415779707, 9780203135532, 0203135539
oclc:ocn654317895
LC Classification:BL263
Dewey Decimal:294.5/24

Design and Darwin in the Hindu dharma traditions -- Creationism and evolutionism in the ancient and classical traditions -- Manifestation and apparent design in the Advaita Vedānta of Śaṅkara -- Theism and atomistic design in the Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika of Udayana -- Design discounted in the Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta of Rāmānuja -- Design and Darwin in the colonial period -- The Vedāntic 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 Brahmā?

Subjects

Évolution Evolution (Biology) -- Religious aspects Evolutionismus Evolutionstheorie Hindouisme -- Inde Hinduism Hinduism -- India Hinduismus India Indien