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Savoring God : comparative theopoetics /

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This book compares two mystical works central to the Christian Discalced Carmelite and the Hindu Bhakti traditions, the sixteenth-century Spanish Cántico espiritual (Spiritual Canticle), by John of the Cross, and the Sanskrit Rāsa Līlā, originated in the oral tradition. These texts are examined alon...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hernández, Gloria Maité (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2021].
Subjects:
John of the Cross, > Saint, > 1542-1591. > Cántico espiritual.
Puranas. > Bhāgavatapurāṇa.
Christianity and other religions > Hinduism.
Hinduism > Relations > Christianity.
Mystical union.
Mysticism.
Mysticism > Hinduism.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: reading between Granada and Vṛndāvana
  • Savoring theopoetics
  • Absent and present
  • Sensorial theopoetics
  • Secretly together
  • Conclusions: savoring, reading, comparing.