Author’s Response: Cognitive Science, History-Centrism and the Future of Hindu Studies

I thank all three responders to my books for their careful and detailed consideration of my work. I will address the following concerns that they raise: • their challenge to my claim that the dharmic traditions are more in tune with modern cognitive science than the Abrahamic ones are • their challenge to my claim that history-centrism in the Abrahamic faiths is an important point of difference • their claim that I ignore how historical forces influence dharma • their claim against a coherent Hindu philosophy and unity • Brian Pennington’s tension with the reality that the academy seeks to engage me