Gardens of God: A Paradigm Shift in Faith

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In self, society, religion and politics we are used to the language and discourse of Kingdom of God. But in this God is presented as an omnipotent king who is also angry at slight deviation. We get glimpses of such powerful and angry God in Old Testament as well as in many other religious traditions of the world. In such a discourse and portrayal of God, we fail to realize that God is mercy, rahim, karuna and compassion. God is our ever-awakened nurturer and He and She is continuously walking and meditating with us with mercy as well as firm challenges for self-development, mutual realizations and responsible cosmic engagement and participation. The vision and discourse of Kingdom of God has many a time been confined within a logic of power where we are prone to valorize Gods power in order to valorize our own power on Earth, especially the logic of sovereignty at the level of self and society, rather than realize Gods mercy. This book strives to transform this to Gardens of God.

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Ananta Kumar Giri is a professor at Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India.