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Tastes of the Divine - Hindu and Christian Theologies of Emotion (Hardcover)
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Tastes of the Divine - Hindu and Christian Theologies of Emotion (Hardcover)
Series: Comparative Theology: Thinking Across Traditions
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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. Three emotions vie for prominence in the
religious sphere: peace, love, and fury. Whereas Indian theorists
following Abhinavagupta claim that the aesthetic emotion of peace
best approximates the goal of religious experience, devotees of
Krishna and medieval Christian readings of the Song of Songs argue
that love communicates most powerfully with divinity. In response
to the transcendence emphasized in both approaches, the book turns
to fury at injustice to attend to emotion’s foundations in the
material realm. The implications of this constructive theology of
emotion for Christian liturgy, pastoral care, and social engagement
are manifold.
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