Advaita, Christianity and the Third Space: Abhishiktananda and Bede Griffiths in India by Jonathan Gordon Smith
This book examines the space of meeting between two religions that open up when there are honest attempts at interreligious learning. Taking Abhishiktananda and Bede Griffiths as examplars, and the meeting between Advaita Vedanta and Christianity, the nature of the theological movements within this
Jonathan Smith provides important explorations and reflections on a
Professor Mario I. Aguilar, Director of the Centre for the Study of
Religion and Politics, University of St. Andrews
This is a deeply learned and skilful exercise in interweaving resources of postcolonial theory and interreligious dialogue which highlights the multiple processes of conjunction, disjunction, opposition, and osmosis that dynamically shape the in-between domains of Hindu-Christian engagements.
Dr Ankur Barua, Lecturer in Hindu Studies, Faculty of Divinity,
University of Cambridge