Hindu Ideas of Creation
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hindu ideas about the creation of the universe.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hindu ideas about Creation. According to most Western religious traditions, a deity was the original creator of the Universe. Hinduism, on the other hand, has no single creation story. For thousands of years, Hindu thinkers have taken a variety of approaches to the question of where we come from, with some making the case for divine intervention and others asking whether it is even possible for humans to comprehend the nature of creation. The origin of our existence, and the nature of the Universe we live in, is one of the richest strands of Hindu thought.
With:
Jessica Frazier
Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Kent and a Research Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies at the University of Oxford
Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
Professor of Comparative Religion and Philosophy at Lancaster University
Gavin Flood
Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion at the University of Oxford.
Producer: Thomas Morris.
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LINKS AND FURTHER READING
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READING LIST:
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Wendy Doniger, Hindu Myths (Penguin, 2004)
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Gavin Flood, An Introduction to Hinduism (University of Cambridge, 1996)
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Julius Lipner, Hindus: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices (Routledge, 2010)
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Gerhard Oberhammer (ed.), Studies in Hinduism: Vedism and Hinduism (Austrian Academy of Science Press, 1997)
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Andre Padoux, V膩c: The Concept of the Word in Selected Hindu Tantras (SUNY Press, 1990)
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Melvyn Bragg |
Interviewed Guest | Jessica Frazier |
Interviewed Guest | Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad |
Interviewed Guest | Gavin Flood |
Producer | Thomas Morris |
Broadcasts
- Thu 5 Dec 2013 09:00麻豆社 Radio 4
- Thu 5 Dec 2013 21:30麻豆社 Radio 4
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