Witness to the Fullness of Light: The Vision and Relevance of the Benedictine Monk Swami Abhishiktananda

by William Skudlarek, Bettina Bäumer

Overview

Swami Abhishiktananda (Henri Le Saux OSB) was a French Benedictine monk who went to India in 1948 and devoted his life to becoming a bridge between East and West, between Hinduism and Christianity. To mark the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of this great pioneer of interreligious dialogue, Monastic Interreligious Dialogue sponsored a symposium in January 2010 at Shantivanam, the ashram he and Abbé Jules Monchanin founded in 1950. This book charts the influence that Abhishiktananda had on Christianity in India, on other spiritual seekers engaging with Hinduism and Christianity, and the continuing importance of his work today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590562826
Publisher:	Lantern Books NY
Publication date:	04/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	17 MB
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 Exile and Wandering: Spiritual Practice and Foundation for Interreligious Dialogue Fabrice Blée 5

2 From Purusa to Sakti: Abhishiktananda's Experience in the Light of the Upanishads and Kashmir Saivism Bettina Bäumer 31

3 Swami Abhishiktananda's Challenges to Indian and Western Theology Michael Amaladoss 47

4 Christic Wheel: Christological Reflections on the Pilgrimage of Abhishiktananda Antony Kalliath 63

5 Abhishiktananda's Influence on the Theology of Jacques Dupuis George Gispert-Sauch 85

6 The Eucharist in Abhishiktananda's Life and Theology Fausto Gianfreda 103

7 "The Experience of the Upanishads Is True, I Know It!" Vinaya Chaitanya 131

8 Being Hindu and Christian: Abhishiktananda's Experiment in Truth Shail Mayaram 141

Glossary 151

Notes 157

Contributors 173