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Rama Coomaraswamy
Dr. Rama P. Coomaraswamy (1929-2006), son of the renowned perennialist writer Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, was in his own right an important writer on traditionalist topics, especially regarding Christianity and the influx of modernistic ideas and practices in this ancient apostolic tradition.

Rama P. Coomaraswamy received his early education in India in an orthodox Hindu setting. He then spent several years in America, Canada and England where he obtained his Oxford Matriculation. Graduating from Harvard University with a major in Geology, he went on to medical school, graduating in 1959. He spent 30 years as a thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon, holding the position of Assistant Professor of Surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, as well as Chief of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Stamford Hospital.

Although raised in the Hindu tradition, after the death of his father, Rama would convert to Catholicism. He was a firm traditionalist and an ardent student of Church history and theology. For five years in his later life he was Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the St. Thomas Aquinas (Lefebrist) Seminary. He also always maintained his interest in traditionalist metaphysics and in traditional art.

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Comments on a Recent ‘Traditional’ Catholic BookCoomaraswamy, Rama P. Vol. 17, No. 1 and 2. ( Winter-Spring, 1985) Christianity
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The Post-Conciliar Rite of Holy OrdersCoomaraswamy, Rama P. Vol. 16, No. 3 and 4. ( Summer-Autumn, 1984) Christianity
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The Incarnation in Contemporary PrayerCoomaraswamy, Rama P. Vol. 16, No. 1 and 2. ( Winter-Spring, 1984) Christianity
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A Sermon on the Glorious Name of Jesus ChristBernadine of Siena, Saint Coomaraswamy, Rama P. Vol. 14, No. 1 and 2. ( Winter-Spring, 1980) Christianity
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The Destruction of the Christian Tradition - Part 5Coomaraswamy, Rama P. Vol. 14, No. 1 and 2. ( Winter-Spring, 1980) Christianity
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The Destruction of the Christian Tradition - Part 4Coomaraswamy, Rama P. Vol. 13, No. 3 and 4. ( Summer-Autumn, 1979) Christianity
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The Destruction of the Christian Tradition - Part 3Coomaraswamy, Rama P. Vol. 13, No. 1 and 2. ( Winter-Spring, 1979) Christianity
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The Destruction of the Christian Tradition - Part 2Coomaraswamy, Rama P. Vol. 12, No. 3 and 4. ( Summer-Autumn, 1978) Christianity
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The Destruction of the Christian Tradition - Part 1Coomaraswamy, Rama P. Vol. 12, No. 1 and 2. ( Winter-Spring, 1978) Christianity
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Who Speaks for the East?Coomaraswamy, Rama P. Vol. 11, No. 2. ( Spring, 1977) Comparative Religion
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Christian traditionalist Rama Coomaraswamy summarizes the content of this essay by noting that "in recent years there has been a revival of interest in the Prayer of the Name of Jesus. Various groups…have embraced this form of prayer without any foundation in its theology, and without the 'protection' that a traditional and orthodox basis provides. The author of this paper makes no attempt to present a historical or scholarly text; rather he hopes to provide the reader with an outline or introduction that will place this form of prayer in its proper perspective.…What I hope to show is that this form of prayer is deeply rooted in the Traditions of the Western Church and has been so from time immemorial. Even more, I hope to show that it is a prayer eminently suitable to contemporary man and the present times."
On the Name of JesusCoomaraswamy, Rama P. Vol. 10, No. 4. ( Autumn, 1976) Christianity
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The Bhagavad Gita: An Introduction for the Western ReaderCoomaraswamy, Rama P. Vol. 10, No. 3. ( Summer, 1976) Hinduism
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Rama Coomaraswamy presents a new translation of the Institutions Liturgigues, an article composed in the mid-19th century by Dom Gueranger, abbot of Solesmes. In the text, Gueranger expresses frustration at the mistrust of church authority that led to the development of Protestantism, stressing the need for a single ecclesiastical authority among the many divergent scriptural interpretations and innovations that characterize the reformist movement. In a brief commentary following the text, Coomaraswamy links the text to modern society’s current spiritual crisis, demonstrating that Gueranger’s words are equally timely today.
The Voice of One Crying in the WildernessCoomaraswamy, Rama P. Vol. 9, No. 3. ( Summer, 1975) Christianity
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Rama P. Coomaraswamy writes from the perspective of a modern day Catholic, discussing the confusing mesh for many modern practitioners of “‘pre-Vatican’ training—however poor — [and] the pronouncements and sermons of the modern clergy.” He describes the confusion, errors and assumptions present in much of modern religious literature and thought.
New Wine in Old BottlesCoomaraswamy, Rama P. Vol. 7, No. 3. ( Summer, 1973) Christianity
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