Hindu perspectives on evolution : Darwin, dharma, and design /: Darwin, dharma, and design. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: C. Mackenzie Brown.
• Other Names: Brown, Cheever Mackenzie
• Contents: Design and Darwin in the Hindu dharma traditions -- Creationism and evolutionism in the ancient and classical traditions -- Manifestation and apparent design in the Advaita Vedānta of Śaṅkara -- Theism and atomistic design in the Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika of Udayana -- Design discounted in the Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta of Rāmānuja -- Design and Darwin in the colonial period -- The Vedāntic deism of Rammohan Roy -- Design and the intuitive theism of Debendranath Tagore -- Design and the religious evolutionism of Keshab Chandra Sen -- The modern Vedic creationism of Dayananda Saraswati -- The modern Advaitic evolutionism of Swami Vivekananda -- The integrative evolutionism of Sri Aurobindo Ghose -- Design and Darwin in the post-colonial period -- Design and Darwin in the contemporary Hindu world -- Conclusion : what role for Brahmā?
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (288 pages), (6 illustrations)
• Subjects: 294.5/24; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General; Evolution (Biology) -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Hinduism -- India
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781136484667; 1136484663
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