The idea that there is a truth within the person discovered through introspection is found in most religions. Gavin Flood examines this metaphor in the history of Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism and the methods developed in those religions to realize it, particularly prayer and meditation. In Christianity and some forms of Hinduism the truth within is linked to the idea of God within. Flood examines the metaphor of inwardness and the idea of truth within, along with the methods along with the methods developed in religions to attain it such as prayer and meditation. These views of inwardness that link the self to cosmology can be contrasted with a modern understanding of the person. In examining the truth within in Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism, Flood offers a hermeneutical phenomenology of inwardness and a defence of comparative religion.
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-13
9780198745211
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25032373853
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Truth Within: a History of Inwardness in Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism
Author
Gavin Flood
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Buddhism, Religious History, Hinduism, Christianity