"Each . . . religion . . . is described by someone who is committed to that religion . . . but who is at the [also] fully at home in the . . . academic study of religion." — John Hick, author of An Interpretation of Religion: Human Responses to the TranscendentLeading experts in the great living religions present their own faith traditions. The volume surveys the history and teachings of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, and I...

The present Indian academic self-understanding of its history and culture is largely Western in origin. This Western intellectual enterprise, however, went hand in hand with a Western political enterprise, i.e. the colonization of India. This raises the question: To what extent, if any, did the two developments influence each other? It also raises another question: To what extent did West’s cultural presuppositions influence its understanding of Indian civilization?The central epist...

In his Autobiography, Gandhi wrote, “What I want to achieve—what I have been striving and pining to achieve these thirty years—is self-realization, to see God face to face. . . . All that I do by way of speaking and writing, and all my ventures in the political field, are directed to this same end.” While hundreds of biographies and histories have been written about Gandhi (1869–1948), nearly all of them have focused on the political, social, or familial dimensions of his life....

This book studies Hindu nationalism and deliberates on the forms Hindu self-assertion might take in the future. It examines the intersection of Hindu nationalism with the contemporary reality of India, as represented by a religiously plural society with a secular state, which possesses a social system characterised by caste, and one whose vision has been shaped by a mainstream version of Indian history. The ideology of Hindutva has had two major orientations—of how Hindus should relate to ...

Four Testaments brings together four foundational texts from world religions—the Tao Te Ching, Dhammapada, Analects of Confucius, and Bhagavad Gita—inviting readers to experience them in full, to explore possible points of connection and divergence, and to better understand people who practice these traditions. Following Brian Arthur Brown’s award-winning Three Testaments: Torah, Gospel, Quran, this volume of Four Testaments features essays by esteemed scholars to introduce readers to each...

Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems for Sustainable Healthcare addresses the integration of emerging technologies like Virtual Reality, Smart Robotics, and Human-Computer Interaction, which are crucial for maximizing digital health's potential. The book includes case studies that highlight challenges faced by medical practitioners and industry professionals, providing valuable insights for designing sustainable iCPS solutions. Aimed at biomedical engineers, researchers, and industry profess...

This book explores how AI and the IoT can help solve critical agricultural challenges, such as improving water and energy efficiency, reducing food scarcity, improving land management, promoting climate smart agriculture, and supporting informed decision making. Through expert international research contributions, readers can understand the benefits and challenges of using this technology in a variety of agricultural areas. By integrating advanced technologies into farming practices, it hi...

Presenting diverse responses to important ethical questions, contestations and debates, this book offers a critical appraisal of Hindu ethics by engaging with classical and contemporary perspectives.With the plurality of Hinduism in mind, this book focuses on the human, sociological and situational ethical framework underpinning Hindu ethics. Chapters go beyond the traditional classical sources-such as the Vedas, epics, mythological narratives and Dharmasastra text...

The book covers the strategies and frameworks for designing and developing intelligent systems to solve real-life problems related to digital health, telemedicine, and smart-cities applications.Covers the essence of human-computer interaction in healthcare applications, along with possibilities with generative artificial intelligenceDiscusses quality use of human cognition for the design and development of information processing systems from an industry perspective ...

Healthcare 5.0 represents a paradigm-shifting period in healthcare, defined by the amalgamation of cutting-edge technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big-Data, Brain Computer Interface, Experience Reality (XR), Internet of Things (IoT), and Robotics to fabricate intelligent, adaptable, patient-focused and reliable healthcare systems. This book investigates the ideas of AI-driven workspaces in the context of sustainable telemedicine, that is, healthcare that delivers high quality ...

If we accept the adage «he who knows one, knows none» as an epistemological concept, then the exploration of pluralism becomes an intellectual necessity. And if we take the commonplace description of Hinduism as a plural tradition as an accurate phenomenological description of it, then the need to study Hindu pluralism becomes obvious both as a general principle and as a specific feature.This book is devoted to a further exploration of Hindu pluralism in its philosophical and histo...

The changing landscape in the field of technology enables classmates, out of touch with one-another for a long time, to revive their contact. They gather together in an isolated place for a reunion. However, the reunion has also unintended consequences. At the centre of this is Nishank who had been living the life of a hermit for a long time. Does his life change for the better?