On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:29:15 -0600, Mark A. Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Susan, > At 07:03 PM 1/21/2005, you wrote: > >>I suspect if he were acquianted with Vahid Brown's research on this > >>question he would change his mind.<< > Yes, all versions of perennialism I am familiar with (Huxley's, Guenon's, > Hixon's, Wilber's etc.) are all triumphalistic - in the sense that they want > to universalize and impose a particular perspective on various traditions. I > see a similar triumphalism in Baha'is who try to find a Western concept of > God in the Buddhist sutras.
Do you think the triumphalism is an intrinsic consequence of any particular ideology or is it just an attitude which may or may not be present in a person. Peace Gilberto > > Regards, Mark A. Foster â http://markfoster.net â [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger." ---- Abbie Hoffman > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st > News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > -- "My people are hydroponic" __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
