{"product_id":"theology-after-vedanta-1769371217817","title":"Theology After Vedanta","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere Advaita \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eVedānta\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, sacred text, and comparative theology meet—truth emerges through the act of reading itself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to read a sacred text \u003ci\u003eso carefully that it changes the reader\u003c\/i\u003e? In this ambitious and deeply learned work, Francis X. Clooney, S.J., offers an exploration of Advaita Vedānta not as a set of abstract doctrines, but as a disciplined \u003ci\u003epractice of reading\u003c\/i\u003e—one that forms truth, theology, and the theologian together within the texture of the text itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving through the Upaniṣads, Śaṅkara’s commentaries, and the Uttara Mīmāṃsā Sūtras, Clooney reveals Advaita as a living, rigorously argued tradition in which meaning emerges through sustained engagement, debate, and commentary. Truth, he argues, is not grasped outside the text or prior to it, but arises \u003ci\u003eafter\u003c\/i\u003e the text—through the transformative participation of a trained and desiring reader. By attending closely to textual structure, reasoning strategies, and interpretive practices, this book reorients how Advaita Vedānta is understood and studied.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final chapters extend this insight into a bold experiment in comparative theology, placing Advaita Vedānta and Thomas Aquinas’s \u003ci\u003eSumma Theologiae\u003c\/i\u003e into sustained conversation. Rejecting both superficial comparison and detached theory, Clooney models a form of theological \"neighborliness\" grounded in fidelity to texts and traditions. The result is a compelling vision of comparative theology as an educational, ethical, and spiritual practice—one that reshapes how truth, doctrine, and interreligious understanding are pursued today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Francis X. Clooney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51957705277732,"sku":"9780791413661","price":25.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0880\/7635\/3828\/files\/CoreSourceHub_e2d5725b-13c4-4926-9d40-e3a94fe9974a.jpg?v=1769371862","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.co.uk\/products\/theology-after-vedanta-1769371217817","provider":"IndiePubs UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}