The papers in this volume were first presented at a seminar held at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla during May, 1987. The participants invited had a special concern with the phenomenology of religion and an attempt was made to reflect seriously on matters such as the bearing of transformation of consciousness on life-world, tribal religious consciousness, and sharing of religious life-worlds, taking into account Hindu, Muslim and Christian approaches to the themes discussed. The papers and discussions deal with an Important area in religious studies and will be of interest not only to the specialist but to all concerned with the forces shaping pluralist societies today.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR T.S. Rukmani
Dr. T.S. Rukmani is currently Professor and Chair in Hindu Studies at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Before joining the present assignment she had the distinction of being the first Chair in Hindu Studies and Indian Philosophy at the University of Durban-Westville, South Africa. She had a distinguished academic career at the University of Delhi, where her last assignment was Principal, Miranda House. She is the author of ten books which also includes the Yogavarttika of Vijnanabhiksu, translated into English, 4 vols. (New Delhi, 1981-89). She has innumerable papers to her credit and publishes regularly in academic journals both in India and abroad.
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