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Chapter-11 Science and Religions: Facing the Challenges of Tantric Anthropology

BOOK TITLE: Science and Religion-Synergy not Skepticism

Author
1. Blažević Josip
ISBN
9789352702756
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/18046_12
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
26
Author Affiliations
1. Minister Provincial of the Croatian, Province of the Conventual Franciscans, Head of Center “Croatian Areopag” for Interreligious Dialogue of the Croatian, Province of the Conventual Franciscans, Zagreb, Croatia
Chapter keywords
Philosophy, Judeo-Christian personalistic anthropology, tantric anthropology, chakra, theology, soteriology, Gaia’s hypothesis, Christological specificity

Abstract

In some sense, all central problems of philosophy can be reduced to the question of what is a human being and what metaphysical place and position does he take up in the whole battle—the world and God. The anthropological question is in the center of interest of science and religion. This chapter covers the Judeo-Christian personalistic anthropology, tantric anthropology based on the chakra, reinterpretation of the chakras in the west, and the challenge of tantric anthropology for science and religion. The terms “persons” and “chakras” are impregnated with metaphysical meanings. Each of them is incorporated into their own philosophy, theology, soteriology, culture and ultimately medicine. These are two different anthropologies supported by different and mutually autonomous (and opposing) paradigms. Both anthropologies are philosophically-theologically interpreted with applications to all religious-sociocultural areas.

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