Divine Mother, Blessed Mother Hindu Goddesses and the Virgin Mary

Name: Divine Mother, Blessed Mother Hindu Goddesses and the Virgin Mary
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ISBN: 9780195170375

ISBN-10: 0195170377

ISBN-13: 9780195170375

Edition: 2004

Authors: Francis Clooney

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The Virgin Mary has long been the object of both devotional and scholarly interest, and recent years have seen a proliferation of studies on Hindu goddess-worship traditions. Despite the parallels between the two, however, no one has yet undertaken a book-length comparison of these traditions. In Divine Mother, Blessed Mother, Francis Clooney offers the first extended comparative study of Hindu goddesses and the Virgin Mary. Clooney is almost unique in the field of Hindustudies as a Christian theologian with the linguistic and philosophical expertise necessary to produce sophisticated comparative analyses. Building on his previous work in comparative theology, he sheds new light not only on…

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List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/11/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 9.41" wide x 6.18" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.210




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Apirami in the Apirami Antati : finding her within; in light of the Mataracamman Antati



Three Hindu goddesses, Mary, and reading ahead