Oh My God - The Nature of Divine Faultlines

Author: Shashi S SharmaPublisher: RupaYear: 2002Language: EnglishPages: 382ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171677452 DescriptionThis book argues that the Indian conception of godhood, where every man can have his own god, may ultimately prove to be a harbinger of a harmonious perspective to resolve spiritual controversies.Religious assertions about the nature of 'God' and its relationship with man have emerged in a variety of linguistic and metaphysical forms in human societies. Every society has reasons to consider its own idea of god as fairly adequate and noble. This book tries to look at the ideological basis of religious statements to find their relevance and validity. Any insistence on supradenominational validity of a particularistic religious idea requires to be questioned.The author undertakes a critical examination of the validity of religious claims regarding the exclusive truthfulness of an idea of the divine in suppression of every other idea. A comparative study of the idea