The Divine Body in History: A comparative study of the symbolism of time and embodiment in St Augustine and Rāmānuja
Author:   James M. M. Francis ,  Ankur Barua
Publisher:   Verlag Peter Lang
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   45
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9783039119172


Pages:   253
Publication Date:   15 June 2009
Format:   Paperback
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The Divine Body in History: A comparative study of the symbolism of time and embodiment in St Augustine and Rāmānuja


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Author:   James M. M. Francis ,  Ankur Barua
Publisher:   Verlag Peter Lang
Imprint:   Verlag Peter Lang
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   45
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9783039119172


ISBN 10:   3039119176
Pages:   253
Publication Date:   15 June 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Contents: Inter-religious dialogue between Hinduism and Christianity – St Augustine and Rāmānuja as dialogue partners – Human embodiment in a temporal world – Symbolising human embodiment – The ambiguous body and the notion of hierarchy – Symbolising time – The doctrine of creation and the origins of the temporal world – The question of pantheism – The ordering of embodied desires – The idea of progress and the notion of world-negation – Human bodies in the divine body.

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The Author: Ankur Barua completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Delhi before going on to pursue a second B.A. at the University of Cambridge, where he completed his Ph.D. in the Faculty of Divinity in 2005.

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