Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Studies in Contemporary Jewry
Angaben zur Quelle:
41,3 (2021) 661-690
Keywords:
Goshen-Gottstein, Alon.
;
Judaism Relations
;
Hinduism
;
Hinduism Relations
;
Judaism
Abstract:
This paper offers a comparative analysis of Hinduism and Judaism, largely based on references and quotes from the book The Jewish Encounter with Hinduism—Wisdom, Spirituality, Identity by Dr. Alon Goshen-Gottstein. It visits topics such as ethnicity, conversion, pluralism and universalism, tolerance and intolerance. The paper also questions the reasons of Jewish seekers of Hindu spirituality, doubting Dr. Goshen-Gottstein’s argument that this is due to a crisis in Judaism, but rather due to prevalence of left-brain thinking over right-brain thinking in Judaism. The paper concludes with a parable that relates to one finding a treasure hidden where one least expects to find it.
DOI:
10.1007/s12397-021-09406-x
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