Tastes of the divine : Hindu and Christian theologies of emotion / / Michelle Voss Roberts

• Autore: Voss Roberts Michelle
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Disciplina: 204/.2
• Soggetto topico: Christianity and other religions - Hinduism; Hinduism - Relations - Christianity; Emotions - Religious aspects; Rasas
• Soggetto non controllato: Abhinavagupta; Aesthetics; Bernard of Clairvaux; Comparative Theology; Emotions; Gaudiya Vaisnavism; Indian Christianity; Jyoti Sahi; Liberation theology; Rasa
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- SANSKRIT PRONUNCIATION GUIDE -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: RASA -- 1. The Bliss of Peace -- 2. Suffering and Peace -- 3. The Rasa of Love Incarnate -- 4. A Dilemma of Feeling -- 5. Love, Bodies, and Others -- 6. Dalit Arts and the Failure of Aesthetics -- 7. Fury as a Religious Sentiment -- 8. Toward a Holistic Theology of the Emotions -- 9. Wonder -- NOTES -- Glossary of Sanskrit Terms -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The intensity and meaningfulness of aesthetic experience have often been described in theological terms. By designating basic human emotions as rasa, a word that connotes taste, flavor, or essence, Indian aesthetic theory conceptualizes emotional states as something to be savored. At their core, emotions can be tastes of the divine. In this book, the methods of the emerging discipline of comparative theology enable the author’s appreciation of Hindu texts and practices to illuminate her Christian reflections on aesthetics and emotion. Three emotions vie for prominence in the religious sphere: peace, love, and fury. Whereas Indian theorists following Abhinavagupta claim that the aesthetic emotion of peace best approximates the goal of religious experience, devotees of Krishna and medieval Christian readings of the Song of Songs argue that love communicates most powerfully with divinity. In response to the transcendence emphasized in both approaches, the book turns to fury at injustice to attend to emotion’s foundations in the material realm. The implications of this constructive theology of emotion for Christian liturgy, pastoral care, and social engagement are manifold.
• Titolo autorizzato: Tastes of the divine
• ISBN: 0-8232-5741-X; 0-8232-5739-8; 0-8232-5742-8; 0-8232-6153-0; 0-8232-5740-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819811503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Comparative theology--thinking across traditions.