The Body Divine

Klappentext The book makes an significant contribution to comparative theology. Zusammenfassung The book makes an significant contribution to comparative theology! and explores the wide-ranging implications of a religious symbol whose potency is perennial! cross-cultural! and of continuing contemporary importance. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 R m nuja; 3. The body of Christ in the writings of Teilhard de Chardin; 4. The body of Brahman in the writings of R m nuja; Part II: 5. Functions of the divine body in R m nuja 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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The book makes an significant contribution to comparative theology.

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The book makes an significant contribution to comparative theology, and explores the wide-ranging implications of a religious symbol whose potency is perennial, cross-cultural, and of continuing contemporary importance.

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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 R m nuja; 3. The body of Christ in the writings of Teilhard de Chardin; 4. The body of Brahman in the writings of R m nuja; Part II: 5. Functions of the divine body in R m nuja 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.