God Inside-Out - Siva''s Game of Dice

Zusatztext This is a wonderful and instructive book and a must read for anyone with a serious interest in Indian religion. Klappentext This book offers a new exploration of the mythology of the Hindu god Siva! who spends his time playing dice with his wife! to whom he habitually loses. The result of the game is our world! which turns the god inside-out and changes his internal composition. The notion of the god at play! argue Handelman and Shulman! is one of the most central and expressive veins in the metaphysics elaborated through the centuries! in many idioms and modes! around the god. Zusammenfassung Siva! one of the great Hindu gods! spends his time playing dice with his wife! to whom he habitually loses. The result of the game is our world! which turns the god inside-out and changes his internal composition. This book attempts to understand the logic implicit in this theology of play! fragmentation! divine self-knowledge and love.

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• Authors: Don Handelman, Don (Professor of Anthropology Handelman, Don (Professor of Anthropology) Handelman, Don (Professor of Anthropology) Shulman Handelman, Don Shulman Handelman, Handelman Don, David Shulman, David (Professor of Indian Studies and Comparative Religion Shulman, David Dean Shulman, Shulman David
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.1997
• EAN: 9780195108453
• ISBN: 978-0-19-510845-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; RELIGION / Hinduism / General, Theology, RELIGION / Hinduism / Theology, Hinduism