Manoj Sadasivan has written a thought-provoking comparison of Vivekananda and Marx. The two points of comparison:
Religion. Vivekananda’s constant affirmation of service to the poor and raising of the shudra class is closely tied to his notions of character development and spirituality — religious things. “So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I [...]
Read the article, an enjoyable Christian apology.
The part I found most interesting was a description of C.S. Lewis (best known as the author of the Narnia series).
“When C.S. Lewis was converted from atheism, he shopped around in the world’s religious supermarket and narrowed his choice down to Hinduism or Christianity. Religions are like soups, he said. Some, [...]
This semester, I took one of the most thought-provoking classes of my life so far — it was a freshman seminar taught by Professor Ali Asani, called “Muslim Voices in Contemporary World Literature.” Essentially, in the class, we read books by various Muslim authors to understand how peoples’ perceptions of Islam are different throughout the [...]
