Tastes of the divine : Hindu and Christian theologies of emotion /
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, flavour, or essence, Indian aesthetic theory conceptualises emotional states as something to be savoured. At their core, e...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2014.
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Colección: | Comparative theology--thinking across traditions.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Rasa
- I. Peace
- The bliss of peace
- Suffering and peace
- II. Love
- The rasa of love incarnate
- A dilemma of feeling
- Love, bodies, and others
- III. Fury
- Dalit arts and the failure of aesthetics
- Fury as a religious sentiment
- IV. Tastes of the divine
- Toward a holistic theology of the emotions
- Wonder.