Same God, other God
Subtitle: Judaism, Hinduism, and the problem of idolatry
By: Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Series: Interreligious studies in theory and practice
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9781137558206
Subjects: Doctrines; Rabbinical literature; Judaism; Hinduism; Idolatry; History and criticism; Relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Book presentation; title: Presentation of author; title: Model case presentation: the sheitel crisis; title: Avoda zara: introducing the category; title: Avoda zara: mental attitudes; title: Understanding Avoda zara: the Maimonidean model; title: Avoda zara between Jews and Gentiles: Nachmanides' model; title: Shituf: applying a construct of Christianity to Hinduism; title: Shituf: critical and constructive reflections; title: Thinking of Hinduism in light of Meiri; title: Do Jews and Hindus worship the same God?; title: From Hindu God to Hindu Gods: confronting the particularity of Hindu deities; title: Revisiting the worship of images: glimpses of a future dialogue; title: When is a religion Avoda zara? Beyond a global approach to Hinduism.