Who Needs God? Rethinking God in Light of Hindu and Christian Wisdom

Harvard HDS

This course reflects on God reconsidered in light of modern and postmodern doubts about the very idea of “God,” in cultures where belief in God, and even understanding of God, is waning. What does needing God mean, for whom? The questions are raised in light of Hindu and Christian scriptures, from philosophical and theological perspectives, and with reference to spiritual paths to union with God in these great traditions. What is missing, if God is missing? Readings, subject to revision, will…