Hoefer (pg. 21-30) in Relating Meaningfully to the Hindu Worldview article presents Hinduism as one of the most ancient and complex cultures in the world. It is one of the few cultures that has proven to be unvarying even under the intervention of Christianity and Western Culture. The author argues that the successful intervention of Christianity and Western Culture in India has been primarily among classes of people who do not fully follow the Hindu worldview. There are several aspects that make Hinduism distinct from other cultures. For example, it is primordial and without a founder since it developed from the fraternization of ancient cultures. This is explained by the ‘Vedas’ scriptures and the writings of Bhagavadgita and Upanishads.
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The article has several interesting aspects that generate a simple view of how the two cultures compare and contrast in several aspects. The Hindu worldview presents several gods as different forms of Brahman who are the supreme spirit. This soul lives within each person and is known as the Atman. Another interesting aspect about this article is that it develops the view of the Dalits who object to the Hindu worldview (Fuchs, pg. 211-227).
The Dalits is a social group in India that are well known as the ‘untouchables’ and seem to define Hinduism as an oppressive and underpinning social system. This is because the Dalits do not understand the framework of Hindu worldview but only understand the beliefs of karma since they are born into Hinduism. The main aspect of what the Dalits desire is cognizance and thus view Christianity as most appealing. They believe that Hinduism led to their broken social lives and have thus turned to western cultures in order to contest the social system (Goshen-Gottstein, pg.
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The article has several interesting aspects that generate a simple view of how the two cultures compare and contrast in several aspects. The Hindu worldview presents several gods as different forms of Brahman who are the supreme spirit. This soul lives within each person and is known as the Atman. Another interesting aspect about this article is that it develops the view of the Dalits who object to the Hindu worldview (Fuchs, pg. 211-227).
The Dalits is a social group in India that are well known as the ‘untouchables’ and seem to define Hinduism as an oppressive and underpinning social system. This is because the Dalits do not understand the framework of Hindu worldview but only understand the beliefs of karma since they are born into Hinduism. The main aspect of what the Dalits desire is cognizance and thus view Christianity as most appealing. They believe that Hinduism led to their broken social lives and have thus turned to western cultures in order to contest the social system (Goshen-Gottstein, pg.