The Body Divine: The Symbol of the Body in the Works of Teilhard de Chardin and Ramanuja

The Body Divine explores the ways in which two spiritual teachers, one Christian (Teilhard de Chardin) and one Hindu (R D=am D=anuja) 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. In so doing, Dr. Hunt Overzee makes an important contribution to comparative theology, and uses her subjects as the starting point for an exploration of the wide-ranging implications of a religious symbol whose potency is perennial, cross-cultural, and of continuing contemporary importance.

Author: Anne Hunt Overzee
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 12/12/1991
Pages: 236
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780521385169

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