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Title: Worldview Apologetics
Subtitle: A Christian Worldview Apologetic Engagement with Advaita Vedanta Hinduism
Author: Pradeep Tilak
Narrator: Locust & Honey Publications
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-31-15
Publisher: Pradeep Tilak
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism & Eastern Religions
Publisher's Summary:
This book introduces Christian worldview apologetics. It applies worldview principles to engage Advaita Vedanta Hinduism with the biblical responses of Christianity. The Christian worldview focus is as much theological as philosophical.
Chapter one introduces the biblical mandate for apologetics, reviewing the historical and contemporary apologetic scene. It highlights diverse methodological principles in worldview apologetics, laying the groundwork for the method employed.
Chapter two introduces Vedanta Hinduism through the teachings of Sankara, Ramanuja, and Madhva. This is a primer for those unfamiliar with Advaita.
Chapter three examines Christian rapprochement and antithesis with Vedanta Hinduism. The apologist applies worldview apologetics in understanding the access points and biblical dividing lines when these two worldviews confront one another.
Chapter four commences the apologetic engagement with proof. The Advaitin presents the monistic worldview and the ultimate reality, otherwise known as Brahman. The foundational Christian worldview is represented with the scriptures, God, man, and his salvation in Jesus Christ.
Chapter five addresses the offense part of apologetics. The adherents of each worldview contrast their viewpoints against the viewpoint of the other system. Vedanta's monism, impersonal reality, inclusivity, and rationality are contrasted with Christianity's historic self-revelation of God to man.
Chapter six handles apologetic defense through the lens of experience, epistemology, and correspondence with reality. The Hindu worldview has transcending experience, supra-rational epistemology, and deep coherence. The Christian admits a transitory universe, which has no existence as a contingent creation, apart from God.
Chapter seven reviews worldview apologetic practice under metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. These deal with the ontology of reality in its manifestations and our understanding of the truth....
Members Reviews:
Dialogue between Christianity and Hinduism.
What did you love best about Worldview Apologetics?
I liked that the author (who is from India) was immersed in Hindu culture and respectfully explains Hinduism and its strengths. He then outlines its weaknesses. He gives a Christian response to each perceived weakness followed by a Hindu defense. Finally, he ends with a Christian summary. This book helps one understand both Christianity and Hinduism better.
Who was your favorite character and why?
This is a non-fiction book, so there are no characters per se. This book does review three Hindu philosophers and give a summary of their ideas. The three philosophers are Sankura, Ramanuja, and Madhva.
Have you listened to any of Locust & Honey Publicationss other performances before? How does this one compare?
No, this is the first book by L & H that I have listened to.
If you could give Worldview Apologetics a new subtitle, what would it be?
Introduction to Hinduisms Major Philosophers and a Comparison of Their Ideas to the Ideas of Christianity.
Any additional comments?
In a scholarly work of this sort, it is nice to have the footnotes. In this book the footnotes are read in the text very quickly. I think this is helpful, although you have to get used to it at first.
