Abstract:In an influential 1985 article, Peggy Starkey proposed radical love of neighbour, agape, as the ''central, saving revelation'' of God in Christ and thus the primary ''criterion'' for Christians to recognize saving truths in other religious paths. In this essay, I survey several recent works in Hindu-Christian comparative theology, with an eye to Starkey's proposal and the consequences of translating distinctively Hindu texts and traditions into the idiom of Christian love. Whether one focuses on the more devot… Show more
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