God at play : Lila in Hindu and Christian traditions.
The first comparative treatment of the topic of līlā in Hindu and Christian traditions, this volume explores what it means to consider divine and human action under the categories of play, wit, drama, grace, and compassion God at Play presents a theological exploration of the multifaceted motif of l...
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2025.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Series Editors
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction. God at Play: Līlā in Hindu and Christian Traditions
- Part I: Līlā as Divine Will and Divine Creativity
- 1. Play in East and West
- 2. Creating without a "Why": Divine Play as Metaphor for Creation in John Scottus Eriugena, Thomas Aquinas, and Meister Eckhart
- 3. God's Will and the Creative Act: Origen on Divine Volition and the Intelligibility of the Cosmos
- Part II: Grace, Compassion, and Suffering: Some Pastoral Connotations of Līlā
- 4. Creation, Vision, Bliss: Līlā as Grace according to Rāmānuja, with Reference Also to Thomas Aquinas and Gregory Palamas
- 5. Līlā and Divine Mercy in the Hundred Verses to Compassion of Vedānta Deśika
- 6. What Does It Mean for the Goddess to Play? Līlā(or Its Absence) in the Śākta Traditions
- Part III: Some Aesthetic and Dramatic Dimensions of Līlā
- 7. "You have made me endless, such is thy pleasure": The Līlā of Love in the Metaphysical Poetry of Rabindranath Tagore
- 8. The Metaphysics of Emotion: Divine Play in Caitanya Vai..ava Philosophy
- 9. The Making of the Sacred City: Līlā as God's Violence in a Tamil Śaiva Talapurāṇam
- Part IV: Human Playfulness as Imitation of Divine Līlā
- 10. Looking to the Leader: The Divine Dance in Neoplatonism
- 11. Serio Ludere! Divine Lessons from Tricksters and Holy Fools
- 12. The Serious Subject of Play: Play in Dance and Music
- Afterword: Divine Līlā and Human Play
- Contributors
- Index