The Truth, the Way, the Life A Christian Commentary on the Three Holy Mantras of the Sri Vaishnava Hindus |
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| Author:
| Clooney, Francis X. |
| Series title: | Christian Commentaries on Non-Christian Sacred Texts |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8028-6413-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2009 |
| Publisher: | William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $97.95 |
Book Description:
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The Truth, the Way, the Life offers a careful reading of the three holy mantras of Srivainavism, a south Indian Hindu tradition dedicated to Narayana, Lord of the universe, and Sri, his eternal spouse. The mantras, short prayers rich in theological and devotional meaning, explain and encourage a way of life dedicated to praise and service, surrender and dependence on divine grace ? and so introduce key topics that Christian readers will find familiar and still central to the...
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The Truth, the Way, the Life offers a careful reading of the three holy mantras of Srivainavism, a south Indian Hindu tradition dedicated to Narayana, Lord of the universe, and Sri, his eternal spouse. The mantras, short prayers rich in theological and devotional meaning, explain and encourage a way of life dedicated to praise and service, surrender and dependence on divine grace ? and so introduce key topics that Christian readers will find familiar and still central to the spiritual life today. / Francis Clooney?s commentary is explicitly Christian and yet deeply indebted to the classic reading of the mantras by the fourteenth-century theologian Vedanta Desika; it thus exemplifies an interreligious learning appropriate to the twenty-first century and yet, in the end, still deeply Christian.