Sanātana dharma and Christianity – Perspectives of Theological Dialogue

Autor

  • M. Krzysztof Byrski Collegium Civitas, Warsaw

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.13.2016.40.08

Słowa kluczowe:

sanātana dharma, yajña, kāma, tapas, Vedic sacrifice, redemptive sacrifice 1

Abstrakt

The ancient Indian concept of “the eternal nature of things” (sanātana dharma) is a convenient meeting ground for all religions. It is a mistake to describe it as tantamount to Hinduism. Christianity and Hinduism may enter into a meaningful dialogue within its framework. Since for both of them the self‑sacrifice of God is a pivotal idea around which they build their theology. Basic difference between them lays in the fact that the Vedic sacrifice is a creative one, out of which time and space emerged and the Christian sacrifice is a redemptive one that took place within created time and space. Thus the basic question is whether these two concepts of sacrifice are homologous. In the present essay, we try to outline this extremely tantalizing problem.

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Biogram autora

  • M. Krzysztof Byrski - Collegium Civitas, Warsaw

    In 1955 he took up Indian studies. In 1960 he enrolled into Banaras Hindu University. In 1966 he was awarded Ph.D. and joined the Institute of Oriental Studies, Warsaw University. In 1978 he got a degree of Doctor Habilitatus (D. Litt.). In 1993 he was awarded titular professorship and appointed the Polish ambassador to India. In 1996 he was elected director of the Institute of Oriental Studies (Warsaw University). In 2002 he retired. Currently he is a Professor at Collegium Civitas (Warsaw).

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Opublikowane

05-02-2016

Jak cytować

“Sanātana Dharma and Christianity – Perspectives of Theological Dialogue”. 2016. Politeja 13 (1 (40): 105-12. https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.13.2016.40.08.

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