Bhakti Tradition of Vaisnava Alvars and Theology of Religions

Contents: Preface. Acknowledgement. Key for transliteration. Introduction. 1. Religious-historical background of the Alvars. 2. Tamils, Tamil and Alvars. 3. Life of Alvars. 4. Works of Alvars. 5. General religious condition and the attitude of Alvars. 6. Response to religious pluralism in the Bhakti tradition of Alvars. 7. Christian theology of religions. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.

"The book is an attempt to investigate the response of the Bhakti Tradition of Alvars to religious pluralism and to assess its relevance for a contemporary Christian theology of religions from a life sustaining pluralistic perspective.

The author has extensively consultated all the possible resources at his disposal and has made a scholarly analysis of the subject and concludes, since Alvars lived in a context of religious mobility, a contemporary Christian Theology of religions can derive substantial insights from the Bhakti Tradition of Alvars." (jacket)