Majesty and Meekness by John B Carman
This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. This intriguing book compares beliefs concerning the nature of God in a variety of world religions by focusing on a number of polarities, or pairs of qualities in the divine character that are seemingly opposed. Carman examines such polarities as supremacy/accessibility, immanence/transcendence, justice/mercy, and majesty/meekness, tracing their roles in the understandings of God expressed by Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism.
John B. Carman, Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Religion in the Harvard Divinity School, is the Director of Harvard s Center for the Study of World Religions. He is the author of The Theology of R m nuja (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1974), editor of the 1967 Consultation Report, Study of Religion in Indian Universities, co-author with the Rev. P. Y. Luke of Village Christians and Hindu Culture (Lutterworth Press, 1968) and translator of W. Brede Kristensen s lectures in phenomenology of religion, published under the title, The Meaning of Religion (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1960). Frederique Apffel Marglin is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Smith College. She is the author of Wives of the God-King: The Rituals of the Devad s s of Puri (Oxford University Press, 1985) as well as of several articles on Hindu rituals, myths, and images of the feminine. Her current research focuses on royal rituals in Orissa.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780802806932 |
| ISBN 10 | 0802806937 |
| Title | Majesty and Meekness |
| Author | John B Carman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | William B Eerdmans Publishing Co |
| Year published | 1994-06-30 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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