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The body divine : the symbol of the body in the works of Teilhard de Chardin and Rāmānuja / Anne Hunt Overzee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Overzee, Anne Hunt, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in religious traditions ; 2.
- Cambridge studies in religious traditions ; 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre.
- Rāmānuja, 1017-1137.
- Rāmānuja.
- Human body--Religious aspects--Comparative studies.
- Human body.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 218 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Body Divine explores the ways in which two spiritual teachers, one Christian (Teilhard de Chardin) and one Hindu (Ramanuja) have seen the world as inherently divine, and have presented this insight theologically through the use of a symbol, that of the 'body of the divine' (the body of Christ/Brahman). In a careful study of their beliefs, Dr Hunt Overzee shows how both thinkers came to understand reality in terms of consciousness, believing that salvation/release is realized through attaining the Lord. This goal is approximated through a changed view of things, in which everything is seen to belong to the Lord and to manifest his presence. The author compares those spiritual practices taught by each thinker in order to help people attain the Lord, and places these practices in a broader context of practices for transforming consciousness.
- Contents:
- The background to the divine body in Teilhard de Chardin
- The background to the divine body in Ramanuja
- The body of Christ in the writings of Teilhard de Chardin
- The body of Brahman in the writings of Ramanuja
- Functions of the divine body in Ramanuja and Teilhard de Chardin
- The divine body as model of the integration of consciousness
- The divine body as model for the transformation of consciousness
- The body divine: paradigm of a conscious cosmos.
- Appendixes. Composition and publication dates of papers by Teilhard de Chardin cited in this work
- Teilhard de Chardin on the mass.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-214) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-511-58470-9
- 0-511-00030-8
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