{"id":2365,"date":"2025-05-08T09:57:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T09:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raimon-panikkar.org\/?page_id=2365"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:53:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:53:32","slug":"glossary-homeomorphic-equivalencies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/raimon-panikkar.org\/?page_id=2365","title":{"rendered":"GLOSSARY &#8211; Homeomorphic equivalencies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2365\" class=\"elementor elementor-2365\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28100308 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"28100308\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f5b0233 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f5b0233\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23e6ebe9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"23e6ebe9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a06378a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a06378a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">HOMEOMORPHIC EQUIVALENCIES<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f1a0cc elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f1a0cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><br \/>Homeomorphic equivalencies are &#8220;functional equivalencies&#8221; or deep correspondences going beyond simple analogy that can be established between words and concepts belonging to distinct religions or cultures. It is what RP has called \u201c<em>functional analogy of the third degree<\/em>\u201d, where neither the meaning nor the function are the same, but they are similar. For example, God and<em>\u00a0Brahman<\/em>, or Christ of the Christians and Ishvara of Hinduism. \u201cBy\u00a0<em>homeomorphism<\/em>\u00a0we mean the \u2018topological\u2019 function or corresponding analogue (a functional equivalent) within another system\u201d (<em>The Unknown Christ of Hinduism,<\/em>\u00a0London 1981- Bangalore 1998).<br \/><em>Homeomorphic equivalence<\/em>\u00a0seems to be a very adequate conceptual tool, since, on the one hand it allows the specificity of each religious configuration to be respected while, on the other hand, making it possible to build bridges between such configurations without falling into mistaken comparisons.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/raimon-panikkar.org\/?page_id=981\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>&lt;&lt; back<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOMEOMORPHIC EQUIVALENCIES Homeomorphic equivalencies are &#8220;functional equivalencies&#8221; or deep correspondences going beyond simple analogy that can be established between words and concepts belonging to distinct religions or cultures. It is what RP has called \u201cfunctional analogy of the third degree\u201d, where neither the meaning nor the function are the same, but they are similar. 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