The World and God Are Not-Two : A Hindu-Christian Conversation / Daniel Soars.
Soars, Daniel, author.
2023
BR128.H5 S63 2023
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Title
The World and God Are Not-Two : A Hindu-Christian Conversation / Daniel Soars.
Author
Soars, Daniel, author.
ISBN
9781531502072
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781531502072
Published
New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (256 p.)
Item Number
10.1515/9781531502072 doi
Call Number
BR128.H5 S63 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
261.2/45
Summary
The World and God Are Not-Two is a book about how the God in whom Christians believe ought to be understood. The key conceptual argument that runs throughout is that the distinctive relation between the world and God in Christian theology is best understood as a non-dualistic one. The "two"-"God" and "World" cannot be added up as separate, enumerable realities or contrasted with each other against some common background because God does not belong in any category and creatures are ontologically constituted by their relation to the Creator.In exploring the unique character of this distinctive relation, Soars turns to Sara Grant's work on the Hindu tradition of Advaita Vedānta and the metaphysics of creation found in Thomas Aquinas. He develops Grant's work and that of the earlier Calcutta School by drawing explicit attention to the Neoplatonic themes in Aquinas that provide some of the most fruitful areas for comparative engagement with Vedānta. To the Christian, the fact that the world exists only as dependent on God means that "world" and "God" must be ontologically distinct because God's existence does not depend on the world. To the Advaitin, this simultaneously means that "World" and "God" cannot be ontologically separate either. The language of non-duality allows us to see that both positions can be held coherently together without entailing any contradiction or disagreement at the level of fundamental ontology. What it means to be "world" does not and cannot exclude what it means to be "God."
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Comparative Theology: Thinking Across Traditions ; 10
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Frontmatter
CONTENTS
List of Abbreviations and Conventions
Introduction
1 The Distinctive Relation between Creature and Creator in Christian Theology: Non-dualism from David Burrell, CSC, to Sara Grant, RSCJ
2 Roman Catholic Encounters with Advaita Vedānta: Between Transcendental Illusion and Radical Contingency
3 The Relation between the World and God in Śaṁkara and Thomas: Sara Grant's Case for a Form of Christian Non-dualism
4 Creation: "Ex Nihilo" or "Ex Deo"?
5 How Real Is the World? Being and Nothingness in Śaṁkara and Thomas
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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