Hindu perspectives on evolution
Subtitle: Darwin, dharma, and design
By: C. Mackenzie Brown
Series: Routledge Hindu studies series; RoutledgeCurzon Hindu studies series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780415779708; 9780203135532
Subjects: Hinduism; Evolution (Biology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-268) and index.
Table of contents: title: Design and Darwin in the Hindu dharma traditions; title: Creationism and evolutionism in the ancient and classical traditions; title: Manifestation and apparent design in the Advaita Vedānta of Śaṅkara; title: Theism and atomistic design in the Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika of Udayana; title: Design discounted in the Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta of Rāmānuja; title: Design and Darwin in the colonial period; title: The Vedāntic deism of Rammohan Roy; title: Design and the intuitive theism of Debendranath Tagore; title: Design and the religious evolutionism of Keshab Chandra Sen; title: The modern Vedic creationism of Dayananda Saraswati; title: The modern Advaitic evolutionism of Swami Vivekananda; title: The integrative evolutionism of Sri Aurobindo Ghose; title: Design and Darwin in the post-colonial period; title: Design and Darwin in the contemporary Hindu world; title: Conclusion : what role for Brahmā?