Indian Religious Philosophy

[JM]

Over the last few weeks I have been reading different Indian/Hindu philosophical works. The Cosmology is difficult to grasp, but anyway, I'm looking for resources on the Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads. Any Christian perspective would be helpful but I am looking for a Reformed view of it.

Thanks.

 

[gord44]

You might be interested in Stephen Mitchell. He 'rewrites' quite a few religious and spiritual books with a different 'spin'. He is criticized by many but I like his work. His work on the Tao Te Ching is fantastic. He tackles some Christian works with 'The Gospel of Jesus' and 'The Book of Job' but I haven't read them so can't comment.

 

[Calvinist Dark Lord]

Over the last few weeks I have been reading different Indian/Hindu philosophical works. The Cosmology is difficult to grasp, but anyway, I'm looking for resources on the Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads. Any Christian perspective would be helpful but I am looking for a Reformed view of it.

Thanks.

There is only one Reformed view of it that i can think of. It also has the benefit of being a Roman Catholic view as well as Arminian Protestant views:

You are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my seruant, whom I haue chosen: therefore yee shall knowe and beleeue me and yee shall vnderstand that I am: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

 

[JM]

I understand the sentiment but I'm looking for some interaction with Indian philosophy especially Vedanta.

 

[twin1954]

Over the last few weeks I have been reading different Indian/Hindu philosophical works. The Cosmology is difficult to grasp, but anyway, I'm looking for resources on the Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads. Any Christian perspective would be helpful but I am looking for a Reformed view of it.

Thanks.

You might want to check out "Global Gods" by David W. Shenk. ISBN 0-8361-9006-8, Library of Congress # 95-2233

In it he outlines Hindu thought and the Hindu scriptures that you mention. He goes into some detail about the basis of Hindu thinking in part 4 of the book. BTW he also deals with African religions, Buddha, Confucius and Plato, Christianity and Judaism, Islam and other views.

I understand that he is a Mennonite though I am not sure if he practices it or not.