The Body Divine
The Symbol of the Body in the Works of Teilhard de Chardin and Ramanuja
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- Author: Anne Hunt Overzee
- Date Published: December 2007
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521046695
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The Body Divine explores the ways in which two spiritual teachers, one Christian (Teilhard de Chardin) and one Hindu (Ramanuja) have seen the world as inherently divine, and have presented this insight theologically through the use of a symbol, that of the 'body of the divine' (the body of Christ/Brahman). In a careful study of their beliefs, Dr Hunt Overzee shows how both thinkers came to understand reality in terms of consciousness, believing that salvation/release is realized through attaining the Lord. This goal is approximated through a changed view of things, in which everything is seen to belong to the Lord and to manifest his presence. The author compares those spiritual practices taught by each thinker in order to help people attain the Lord, and places these practices in a broader context of practices for transforming consciousness.
Read more- Compares the views of a Hindu and of a Christian thinker
- Ties in with much interest in metaphor and analogy, and the author's sophisticated use of comparative theology
- Will appeal to both scholars of religious studies, Christian theologians and general readers interested in mysticism and Roman Catholic spirituality
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- Date Published: December 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521046695
- length: 236 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 155 x 14 mm
- weight: 0.367kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Part I:
1. The background to the divine body in Teilhard de Chardin
2. The background to the divine body in Rāmānuja
3. The body of Christ in the writings of Teilhard de Chardin
4. The body of Brahman in the writings of Rāmānuja
Part II:
5. Functions of the divine body in Rāmānuja and Teilhard de Chardin
6. The divine body as model of the integration of consciousness
7. The divine body as model for the transformation of consciousness
8. The divine body: paradigm of a conscious cosmos
Appendices
Glossary of Indian terms
Notes
Select bibliography
Index.
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