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TITLE
CERTIFICATE
DECLARATION
PREFACE
ABBREVIATIONS
CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION
Statement of the Problem
Communal Consequences in India
Hypothesis
The Ultimate Goal of the Study
The present study attempts
MethodoIogy
Definition and Clarification of Terms
Religious Pluralism
Notes and References
II. HINDU APPROACH TO RELIGIOUS PLURALISM
A. HINDU SACRED TEXTS AND RELIGIOUS PLURALISM
1. THE RIGVEDA
2. THE BHAGAVAD GITA
3. EPICS AND PURANAS
4. EVALUATION
B. MODERN HINDU RESPONSES TO RELIGIOUS PLURALISM
1. Swami Dayananda Saraswati
2. Swami Vivekananda
3. V.D. Savarkar
4. M.S. Golwalkar
5. Evaluation
Notes and References
III. CHRISTIAN APPROACH TO RELIGIOUS PLURALISM
A. THE ROOTS OF CHRISTIAN COMMUNALISM
1. ABSOLUTISTIC STANDPOINT
2. INCLUSIVISTIC STANDPOINT
B. CHRISTIANITY AND CONVERSION
1. CONVERSION AS PEREMPTORINESS
2. CONVERSION AND THE BIBLE
3. CONVERSION IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
4. CONVERSION IN MISSION HISTORY
4. CASTE SYSTEM AND CHRISTIAN CONVERSION
5. HINDU RESPONSE TO CONVERSlON AND CASTE
6. EVALUATION
C. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND THE QUESTION OF CONVERSION
1. FREEDOM OF RELIGION
2. RIGHT TO PROPAGATE AND CONVERSION
3. THEOLOGICAL INCOMPATIBILITY
D. PLURALISTIC STANDPOINT
1. THE COPERNICAN REVOLUTION IN THEOLOGY
2. THE RELATIVITY OF ALL REVELATIONS
3. EVALUATION
Notes and References
IV. ISLAMIC APPROACH TO RELIGIOUS PLURALISM
A. THE ROOTS OF ISLAMlC COMMUNALISM
1. THEOLOGICAL STANDPOINT
2. THE CULTURAL STANDPOINT
3. PSYCHOLOGICAL STANDPOINT
B. MODERN ISLAMIC HERMENEUTICAL APPROACH TO RELIGIOUS PLURALISM
1. SUFISM - A NEW HERMENEUTICAL PARADIGM
2. MODERN INDIAN ISLAMIC HERMENEUTICS
1. SIR SYED AHMED KHAN
2. MOULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD
Notes and References
V. GANDHlAN APPROACH TO CONTEMPORARY COMMUNALISM
A. COMMUNAL LANDSCAPE OF GANDHIAN ERA
B. TOWARDS A NEW HERMENEUTICS FOR A SYNTHETIC CULTURE
1. GANDHIAN INTERPRETATION OF ADVAITA
2. GANDHIAN INTERPRETATION OF ANEKANTAVADA
C. ANEKNTAVADA AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN ASTIKA AND NASTIKA RELIGIONS
Notes and References
VI. CONCLUSION
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