Hindu Images and Their Worship with Special Reference to Vaisnavism: A Philosophical-Theological Inquiry

ISBN-13: 9780367427061 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 260 str.

Julius J. Lipner

Opis

This book focuses on Hindu images and their worship with special reference to Vaiṣṇavism. Concentrating largely on Sanskritic source material, the author shows that Hindu image-worship may be understood via three levels of interpretation: the metaphysical/theological, the narratival or mythic, and the performative or ritual.

O autorze

Julius J. Lipner is Professor Emeritus of Hinduism and the Comparative Study of Religion in the University of Cambridge, UK, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author of a number of books, including Hindus: their religious beliefs and practices (2nd edition, Routledge, London, 2010).