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Contents 1 Five Points on Krishnology 2 VfD result 3 Re-write 4 Additions

[edit] Five Points on Krishnology

• The only term used to discuss theology on the Hindu deity Krishna is Krishnology. It has been used to discuss the theological positions of Vaishnava denominations such as Radhavallabha and Gaudiya Vaishnava.

• Although the term Vaishnava Theology is an appropriate application to all subjects within Krishnology, it is also too broad of a term. Krishnology, as an aspect of Vaishnava Theology, is a more specified term and is not aplicable to discussions on the role of other Vaishnava avatara such as Rama, Kalki, Budha, etc.

• The most important aspect of this distinguishment is discussed in the article; "An important outcome of Beck and Gosvami's work is that they have demonstrated how Krishnology is intradenominational by engaging both Gaudiya Vaishnava Theology and Radhavallabha Theology."

• Just as Christology is a universal term within Christian Theology, and Momonism is specific to a form of Christianity; Vaishnavism is a universal term within Vaishnava Theology, and Krishnology is specific to certain forms of Vaishnavism.

• Specialized terms exist to clarify communications. The term Krishnology is a useful term in clarifying the specifics of Vaishnava Theology, as has been shown by recent scholarship.

[edit] VfD result

This article was nominated for deletion on 4 August, 2005. The result was to keep. An archived record of this vote can be found here.

Please do not take this as a final judgement. If the article should be merged, arrive at an agreement to do so and then do it. --Tony Sidaway^Talk 03:02, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Re-write

There were some unsources statments and possible independent research, I attempted to remove these and do a general clean up. Ism schism (talk) 04:58, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Additions

I acknowledge that Ragual Samuel Rahator, Guy Beck and Tamala Krishna Goswami are recent scholars from the last half of the 20th century. I realize that they do not represent the long and wide range of scholarship, so please, any additions would be appreciated. This is just a start. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 05:33, 7 February 2008 (UTC)