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49Hegel’s Secular TheologySophia 49 (2). 2010.This essay attempts to present Hegel as a secular theologian and to argue that the theological dimension of Hegel’s thought is central to his entire philosophy and is, in fact, the leitmotif that draws together all of his work. The task of overcoming the dualism between the sacred and the secular provides the driving spirit of all Hegel’s endeavors, from his juvenilia to the mature thought of his Heidelberg and Berlin periods. A secular theology demonstrates its commitment to secularity through …Read more
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19Review of Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy, by John Rawls, ed. Barbara Herman (review)Essays in Philosophy 3 (1): 89-92. 2002.
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13Gerald James Larson, 1938–2019Philosophy East and West 70 (2): 261-264. 2020.The community of scholars in Asian and Comparative Philosophy recently lost one of its leading lights. Gerald James Larson, known more widely as Gerry Larson, passed away suddenly on April 27, 2019 at the age of 81. His death was unexpected because he was just getting ready to leave for India in connection with a meeting centered on his recently published magnum opus Classical Yoga Philosophy and the Legacy of Sāṁkhya. Sadly, he experienced some sharp abdominal pain and passed away two weeks lat…Read more
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12Trajectories of Hindu ethicsIn William Schweiker (ed.), The Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics, Blackwell. pp. 355--367. 2005.
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12Indian ethics is one of the great traditions of moral thought in world philosophy whose insights have influenced thinkers in early Greece, Europe, Asia, and the New World. This is the first systematic study of the spectrum of moral reflections from India.
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11Roots, Routes, and a New Awakening: Walking and Meditating with Raimon PanikkarIn Ananta Kumar Giri (ed.), Roots, Routes and a New Awakening: Beyond One and Many and Alternative Planetary Futures, Springer Singapore. pp. 193-199. 2021.Cross-fertilizing roots and routes calls for new practices of seeking, being, and Self-realization. Raimon Panikkar embodied such a vocation and praxis of being and becoming. Panikkar taught and lived in the United States from 1966–1987 and was known to generations of students here and around the world through both his lectures and his many books. What they heard and read were the arresting reflections of a multi-dimensional person, who was simultaneously a philosopher, theologian, mystic, pries…Read more
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4The Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi for the Twenty-First Century (edited book)Lexington Books. 2008.This volume shows how Gandhi's thought and action-oriented approach are significant, relevant, and urgently needed for addressing major contemporary problems and concerns, including issues of violence and nonviolence, war and peace, religious conflict and dialogue, terrorism, ethics, civil disobedience, injustice, modernism and postmodernism, oppression and exploitation, and environmental destruction. Appropriate for general readers and Gandhi specialists, this volume will be of interest for tho…Read more
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Panikkar the Christian thinkerIn Peter C. Phan, Young-Chan Ro & Rowan Williams (eds.), Raimon Panikkar: a companion to his life and thought, James Clarke & Co. 2018.
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Claremont Graduate UniversityAdjunct Professor
Claremont, California, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Philosophical Traditions |
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Philosophy of Religion |
Philosophical Traditions |