The Meeting of Opposites?. Andrew Wingate

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      The Meeting of Opposites?

      Hindus and Christians in the West

      Andrew Wingate

      Andrew Wingate is Canon Theologian of Leicester Cathedral and a Chaplain to The Queen. In 2009, he was awarded the OBE for his work in interfaith relations. He has been a theological teacher for long periods in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, and at Queen’s College in Birmingham. He was Principal of the international College of the Ascension at Selly Oak, Birmingham, before moving to Leicester in 2000, where he founded the St Philip’s Centre for Study and Engagement in a Multi Faith Society, a local, national and international project. He has been immersed both in Islam and in Hinduism, and is an honorary lecturer now at De Montfort University. This book comes out of 30 years of experience with Hindus in India and in the West. He studied in Oxford and Birmingham Universities, and his doctorate in Birmingham was on issues of interreligious conversion in South India, published by ISPCK/SPCK. He has written six books, including the much-used, and now in its fourth printing, Celebrating Difference, Staying Faithful: How to Live in a Multi-Faith World (Darton, Longman & Todd, 2005).

      For

      my family – my three grown-up children Joanna, Jenny and Matthew, and my wife Angela – with thanks for their sharing the Indian journey with me, and hence my involvement with Hindus

      Contents

       Foreword by Dr Rowan Williams

       Acknowledgements

       1 Today Islam, tomorrow Hinduism? Challenges for Christians in the West

       Outline of the book

       2 Christian–Hindu encounter in India: From the beginnings of Christianity in Kerala to the present day

       The churches in India and their interaction with Hinduism

       Interfaith dialogue and the Indian churches

       Indian Christian theology

       Questions of mission, evangelism and conversion

       Final reflections

       3 Three bhakti movements in the UK, and Christianity: 1. ISKCON (Hare Krishna movement)

       Origins and history

       Three ISKCON devotees

       A comparative study

       4 Three bhakti movements in the UK, and Christianity: 2. South Indian bhakti movements through temples

       Balaji Temple, West Midlands

       Murugan Temple, Manor Park, London

       Conclusion

       5 Three bhakti movements in the UK, and Christianity: 3. Hindu conversions to Christianity in the UK; Jesu Bhakters

       6 The Swaminarayan Sampradaya movement

       Who was Swaminarayan? History of the movement

       Challenges, possibilities and difficulties for Christians in relating to this movement

       7 Three geographical studies: 1. Leicester, England

       Introduction to the case studies

       Leicester

       Hindus in Leicester

       Some Christian responses

       8 Three geographical studies: 2. The United States

       My journal

       Vedanta

       Academics and universities

       ISKCON

       Indian temples

       Interfaith initiatives and reflections

       9 Three geographical studies: 3. Sweden

       Overview

       ISKCON in Sweden

       Other Hindu temples

       Four individual informants in Stockholm

       Yoga in Sweden

       Summary

       10 Two examples of Hindu–Christian forums in the UK: Leicester and national – difficulties and possibilities

       Leicester Hindu–Christian Forum

       Hindu–Christian national forum

       11 Theological, spiritual and missiological challenges

       The question of God/gods

       The question of ‘idols’

       The area of grace: works and the link with karma

       The uniqueness of Christ and the cross

       The challenge of certain ideas

       The nature of salvation and ways to salvation

       Scriptural dialogue

       Hindu–Christian groups

       12 Afterword: the meeting of opposites?

       Glossary of terms

       Notes

       Further reading

      


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