'Indian Philosophy of Religion' is an elective course offered for M.A. Philosophy offered by Amrita Darshanam - International Center for Spiritual Studies , Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Unit I
Nature of Religion: Religious Pluralism, Science, Religion and Pluralism.
Unit II
Theories of the Origin of Religion
Origin of the Idea of God: The Idea of God and Gods, Concept of Iswara in Indian Philosophy.
Unit III
Religious Experience and Religious Consciousness
Arguments: For the Existence of God and Against the Existence of God.
Unit IV
Concepts: Evidentialism, Foundationalism and Rational Belief.
Transcendence and Immanence: God and the Absolute, Deism, Theism, Pantheism and Panentheism.
Unit V
Concepts of Secularism
REFERENCES
- N. Smart. The Religious Experience of Mankind. London: Prentice Hall, 1996. English.
- R C Zaehner. The Concise Encyclopaedia of Living Faiths. Boston: Beacon Press, 1959. English.
- S Radhakrishnan. The Idealist View of Life. Virginia: Allen & Unwin, 1957. English.
- N K Brahma. Philosophy of Hindu Sadhana. London:1932. English.
- Swami Vivekananda. Complete Works. Calcutta: AdvaitaAshrama, 1951. English.
- M MShankhadher. Secularism.English.
