Based on a phenomenological approach, the article describes a triple dialogue between Hinduism, Islam and Christianity, built in the minds of thinkers of the Bengali Renaissance of the XIX - early XX centuries.The trialog phenomenon is presented as a process of understanding other religions in order to understand one's own. There are two versions of the trialog. The liberal version created by Rammohan Rai and the Brahmo Samaj thinkers offers a high ideal of respect for other religions on a par with Hinduism. The conservative version was an attempt to present Hinduism as a great ancient spiritual tradition that encompasses all the revelations and truths of Christianity and Islam. The results of the three - pronged dialogue are the understanding of the universal meanings of Christianity and Islam, the creation of images of other religions and the image of Hinduism to protect its universal and comprehensive character.
Keywords: dialogue of religions, Bengali Renaissance (Renaissance), hermeneutics, religious and philosophical thought, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, subjects of dialogue.
TRIPLE DIALOGUE OF HINDUISM, ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY IN THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE BENGAL RENAISSANCE THINKERS: THE PROCESS AND ITS RESULTS
The article describes the triple dialogue between Hinduism, Christianity and Islam, which had been built in the consciousness of the thinkers of the Bengal Renaissance in the nineteenth - early twentieth centuries. Triple dialogue is presented as a process of thinking about meanings and forms of other religions for understanding of owns one. There are two variants in triple dialogue. Liberal variant was created by Rammohun Roy and thinkers of the Brahmo Samaj, and it gave high ideal of respecting for other religions as well as Hinduism. Conservative variant was an attempt to represent Hinduism as a great ancient spiritual tradition which embraces all revelations and truths of Christianity and Islam. The results of triple dialogue of religions are follo ...
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