Explaining the Hindu divide at the Parliament of the World’s Religions

Author: Rambachan Anant

Anantanand Rambachan with friends at the Parliament of the World's Religions

Professor Anantanand Rambachan is an external advisor for the Ansari Institite's Nasr Book Prize and both a rewnowned scholar and an interreligious practitioner. He currently serves as co-president of Religions for Peace, the largest global interfaith network. Rambachan was one of the Ansari Institute's distingished guests at the Parliament of the World's Religions. In this piece, Explaining the Hindu divide at the Parliament of the World's Religions, published August 23rd by Religion News Service, Professor Rambachan critiques the nationalistic trends within religious traditions that threatens the transcendent nature of religion saying, "today what is most likely to distinguish one Hindu from another is their understanding of the relationship between Hinduism and the state."

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