The Madness of the Saints - Ecstatic Religion in Bengal

Informationen zum Autor June McDaniel is assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Klappentext Although ecstasy has been explored in several Indian contexts! surprisingly little scholarship has been devoted to its central role in Bengali devotion. In "The Madness of the Saints!" June McDaniel undertakes the first comprehensive study of religious ecstasy in Bengal! examining the texts that describe it! the people who experience it! and the traditions that support it. Zusammenfassung Although ecstasy has been explored in several Indian contexts, surprisingly little scholarship has been devoted to its central role in Bengali devotion. In "The Madness of the Saints," June McDaniel undertakes the first comprehensive study of religious ecstasy in Bengal, examining the texts that describe it, the people who experience it, and the traditions that support it.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: June McDaniel, McDaniel June
• Edition: University Of Chicago Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 31.10.1989
• EAN: 9780226557236
• ISBN: 978-0-226-55723-6
• Pages: 346
• Catégories: Ecole et pédagogie > Préparation de l'enseignement > Formation professionnelle; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Autres religions; RELIGION / General, India, Other non-Christian religions, Other religions and spiritual beliefs