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2012-03-06T17:08:41+00:00

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Dharma Bypasses ‘History-Centrism’

Last updated on: March 6, 2012 at 5:08 pm By Rajiv Malhotra

Most of the religious conflicts and wars involving the Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) stem from disputes over what exactly God said and how he said it and what exactly it means. To ensure that order prevails, canons of “authentic” texts are formed and creeds, or condensed forms of crucial affirmations and beliefs, are debated, written down, and carefully observed as litmus tests for participation in the faith. In Christianity, this obsession with the history of God’s intervention is best... Read more

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2013-02-25T15:04:20+00:00

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A Different Kind of Hindu-Christian Dialogue

Last updated on: February 25, 2013 at 3:04 pm By Rajiv Malhotra

For over a decade, I have used interfaith exchanges as opportunities to introduce the concept of mutual respect and why it is superior to the patronizing notion of “tolerance” that is typically celebrated at such events. BEING DIFFERENT (Harpercollins, 2011), is entirely about appreciating how traditions differ from one another rather than seeing them as the same. In parallel with these works, I have been in conversations and debates with numerous thinkers of traditions other than my own. One such... Read more

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