Loving Stones

Loving Stones
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 329
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ISBN-10 : 9780190086749
ISBN-13 : 0190086742
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Book Synopsis Loving Stones by : David L. Haberman

Download or read book Loving Stones written by David L. Haberman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-18 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loving Stones is a study of devotees' conceptions of and worshipful interactions with Mount Govardhan, a sacred mountain located in the Braj region of north-central India that has for centuries been considered an embodied form of Krishna. It is often said that worship of Mount Govardhan "makes the impossible possible." In this book, David L. Haberman examines the perplexing paradox of an infinite god embodied in finite form, wherein each particular form is non-different from the unlimited. He takes on the task of interpreting the worship of a mountain and its stones for a culture in which this practice is quite alien. This challenge involves exploring the interpretive strategies that may explain what seems un-understandable, and calls for theoretical considerations of incongruity, inconceivability, and other realms of the impossible. This aspect of the book includes critical consideration of the place and history of the pejorative concept of idolatry (and its twin, anthropomorphism) in the comparative study of religions. Loving Stones uses the worship of Mount Govardhan as a site to explore ways in which scholars engaged in the difficult work of representing other cultures struggle to make "the impossible possible."


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