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1 online resource (193 pages) |
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AAR ACADEMY SER |
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American Academy of Religion academy series.
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Contents |
Cover; Longing and Letting Go; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. The Paradox of Longing and Letting Go; 2. Mirabai's Love-Longing and Passionate Non-attachment; 3. Looking Closer: Mirabai's Voices of Longing and Letting Go; 4. Hadewijch's Love-Longing and Passionate Non-attachment; 5. Looking Closer: Hadewijch's Voices of Longing and Letting Go; 6. Longing and Letting Go Together: Comparative Practices of Passionate Non-attachment; 7. Becoming Undone: Mirabai, Hadewijch, and Dispossession; 8. Toward an Interreligious Ethic of Passionate Non-attachment; Text Permission |
Summary |
Can we love God and others without our desires eclipsing the very beauty, integrity and diversity toward which we are drawn; that is, can we love without trying to possess? Spanning centuries, continents, and religious traditions, Longing and Letting Go looks to Christian writer Hadewijch and Hindu songstress Mirabai to explore their inextricable practices of longing and letting go, and more particularly, the interreligious possibilities of passionate non-attachment for an interconnected, pluralistic world |
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Subject |
Christianity and other religions -- Hinduism.
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Hinduism -- Relations -- Christianity.
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Love -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Love -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
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Christianity
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Hinduism
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Interfaith relations
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Love -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Love -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780190455545 |
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0190455543 |
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9780190455552 |
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0190455551 |
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