TY  - GEN
A1  - Massey, James
T1  - Guru Nanak Devji's teachings in the context of inter-faith dialogue in India
T2  - Journal of religious culture = Journal für Religionskultur
N2  - First, why I have avoided to use in this paper the expression ‘the Composite Culture’, which even is used in our Constitution of India to describe unified one culture of our country.1 It is because such a demand is not only against one of the basic realities of our Indian way of life, it also goes against the divine will, which was and is behind this created world with different shades and colours. In this regard the following observation made by Dr. Ram Singh is also noteworthy: It is debatable issue whether there is a separate entity called “composite culture” of India, or it is merely the interaction of various cultures which, instead of resulting into an integrated culture, are still in a position to maintain their separate identities. Beside what Dr. Ram Singh says, the reality is that multi or pluralism is part of our Indian or even Asian way of life. It is quite a different thing, if some of us are not willing to accept this truth. But it is still there, in the form of multi-cultures, multi-languages, multireligions and multiethnicities. Therefore the question of ‘composite culture’ is not only debatable, but also a doubtful principle, unless we are willing to take it as an eschatology reality. I do not intend to deal with this point in detail here, because of the time factor. But we may be able to come back to this question of ‘composite culture, in our discussion if you will wish to do so. ...
T3  - Journal of religious culture = Journal für Religionskultur - 62 
Y1  - 2003
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/464
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-49992
UR  - http://web.uni-frankfurt.de/irenik/religionskultur.htm
SN  - 1434-5935
IS  - 62
PB  - Univ.
CY  - Frankfurt am Main
ER  -