Tastes of the divine
Subtitle: Hindu and Christian theologies of emotion
By: Michelle Voss Roberts
Edition: First edition.
Series: Comparative Theology: Thinking Across Traditions; Comparative theology--thinking across traditions
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780823257386; 9780823257393
Subjects: Religious aspects; Christentum; Theologie; Hinduismus; Interreligiöse Beziehung; Interfaith relations; Emotions; Christianity; Relations; Hinduism; Gefühl; Christianity and other religions; Rasas
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-247) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Rasa; title: I. Peace; title: The bliss of peace; title: Suffering and peace; title: II. Love; title: The rasa of love incarnate; title: A dilemma of feeling; title: Love, bodies, and others; title: III. Fury; title: Dalit arts and the failure of aesthetics; title: Fury as a religious sentiment; title: IV. Tastes of the divine; title: Toward a holistic theology of the emotions; title: Wonder.