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The Divine Body in History: A comparative study of the symbolism of time and embodiment in St Augustine and Ramanuja
Author:
Ankur Barua
ISBN:
9783039119172
Binding:
Paperback
Year:
2009
Pages:
267
Size:
15 x 23 cm
Weight:
395 grams
Price:
INR
1580.00
About the Book
This is a study in the field of comparative philosophy of religion. It initiates a dialogue between St Augustine and Rāmānuja by focusing on two central themes – time and embodiment – that play a crucial role in their thought. The elaborations of these two themes by St Augustine and Rāmānuja have continued to exert a tremendous influence on the histories of European thought and of Hindu movements centred around the notion of bhakti. The examination of the symbolism through which these thinkers articulate their understanding of time and embodiment also challenges certain stereotypes related to classical Indian thought and Latin Christendom, such as the former’s lack of historical consciousness and the latter’s denigration of the human body. This study shows how the ‘west’ and ‘east’ have traditionally engaged with concepts such as temporality, progress and the metaphysical status of finite and bio-physical reality.
About the Author
Ankur Barua
Ankur Barua is University Senior Lecturer in Hindu Studies in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. He received his PhD in Theology and Religious Studies from the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on Vedantic Hindu philosophy, comparative philosophy of religion, Hindu-Christian engagement, Indo-Islamic intellectual traditions, and the intellectual history of modern Hinduism. He is the author of
The Divine Body in History: A Comparative Study of Time and Embodiment in the Theologies of St Augustine and Ramanuja
;
The Vedantic Relationality of Rabindranath Tagore: Harmonizing the One and Its Many
;
The Brahmo Samaj and its Vaisnava Milieus: Intersections of Hindu Knowledge and Love in Nineteenth-Century Bengal
;
Exploring Hindu Philosophy
; and
The Hindu Self and Its Muslim Neighbors: Contested Borderlines on Bengali Landscapes
.
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