Tastes of the Divine: Hindu and Christian Theologies of Emotion

Michelle Voss Roberts

Published by Fordham University Press 2014

Tastes of the Divine

Hindu and Christian Theologies of Emotion

Michelle Voss Roberts

Volume 5 in the series Comparative Theology: Thinking Across Traditions

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823257423

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About this book

This book develops a theology of aesthetics and emotion that holds transcendent religious experiences of peace and love accountable to the embodied demands of justice. Through engagement with Indian rasa theory, the book offers a wide range of emotions as “tastes of the divine.”

Author / Editor information

Roberts Michelle Voss :

Michelle Voss Roberts is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Theology at Wake Forest University School of Divinity. Her most recent book, Tastes of the Divine: Hindu and Christian Theologies of Emotion (Fordham, 2014), received the American Academy of Religion’s Award for Excellence in Constructive/Reflective Studies.

Reviews

—C.A. Barnsley. Transylvania University:
The main thrust of her argument, and indeed the most delightful part of her book, comes toward the end in the section on 'Tastes of the Divine.'

—Jeannine Hill Fletcher:
“This work is an important contribution to the current landscape of comparative theology—where deep learning is taking place across religious lines—as it moves the discourse forward by incorporating both critical analysis and embodied practices.”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
ABBREVIATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
SANSKRIT PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xxix
Introduction: RASA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Peace
1. The Bliss of Peace Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2. Suffering and Peace Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Part II: Love
3. The Rasa of Love In carnate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
4. A Dilemma of Feeling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
5. Love, Bodies, and Others Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
Part III: Fury
6. Dalit Arts and the Failure of Aesthetics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
7. Fury as a Religious Sentiment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
Part IV: Tastes of the Divine
8. Toward a Holistic Th eology of the Emotions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
9. Wonder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Glossary of Sanskrit Terms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249

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Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Pages
- Main content: 296
Keywords: Aesthetics; Comparative Theology; Emotions; Rasa; Abhinavagupta; Jyoti Sahi; Bernard of Clairvaux; Gaudiya Vaisnavism; Liberation theology; Indian Christianity

eBook

Published: June 16, 2014
ISBN: 9780823257423