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Divine Mother, Blessed Mother : Hindu goddesses and the Virgin Mary /

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Francis Clooney explores the parallels between veneration of the Virgin Mary & Hindu traditions associated with goddess-worship. His work sheds new light, not merely upon the respective faiths, but also on the nature of gender & the divine.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clooney, Francis X. (Francis Xavier), 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint > Prayers and devotions > History and criticism.
Marie, > Sainte Vierge > Prières et dévotions > Histoire et critique.
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint
Hindu goddesses > Prayers and devotions > History and criticism.
Christianity and other religions > Hinduism.
Hinduism > Relations > Christianity.
Déesses hindoues > Prières et dévotions > Histoire et critique.
Christianisme > Relations > Hindouisme.
Hindouisme > Relations > Christianisme.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Christology.
Christianity
Hinduism
Interfaith relations
Prayers and devotions
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Śrī, Devī, Apirāmi, and Mary : who and why
  • Śrī in the Śrī Guṇa Ratna Kośa : divine equality, divine pleasure; in light of the Akathistos
  • Devī in the Saundarya Laharī : from bliss to beauty; in light of the Stabat Mater
  • Apirāmi in the Apirāmi Antāti : finding her within; in light of the Mātaracamman Antāti
  • Three Hindu goddesses, Mary, and reading ahead.