Department of Philosophy

This talk is postponed until a later date.

Dr. Matthew LoPresti's talk will be this Thursday, October 22, from 3:00-4:30 in the Graduate Student Lounge in the Department of Philosophy (Sakamaki C, Room 308).

Translating Kŗşņa: Meta-theological Implications of Bhagavadgītā IX.23

A talk by Dr. Matthew LoPresti, currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Hawaii Pacific University.  His talk will closely examine a chapter and verse in the Bhagavadgītā that is widely perceived as expressing an inherently pluralistic view of other religious traditions.  He argues, however, that to presume a religious pluralism based on IX.23 is to take away a rather superficial reading of the passage; rather, the deeper
message to be grasped is one of religious absolutism, albeit an absolutism that is not all that different from meta-theological perspectives found in the West.

This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy.

Rohan Kalyan
Coordinator
Center for South Asian Studies
Ph.D. Candidate (ABD), Political Science
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
808.956.5652
http://www.hawaii.edu/csas