A Sakta Method for Comparative Theology
Upside Down, Inside Out
Published on 8. December 2023
Book
Hardback
180 pages
978-1-6669-0505-2 (ISBN)
Description
A Sakta Method for Comparative Theology: Upside-Down, Inside-Out offers a Sakta thealogy of religions and a Sakta anti-method, method, and a-method for comparative theology. For Saktas, the thread of religious diversity is part of the rich tapestry of cosmological, topographical, environmental, and bio-diversity, which is the Goddess' collective (sama??i) and individuated (vya??i) forms. Sakta religious diversity is "complex, layered, and paradoxical, allowing ontological similarities, ontological differences, and irreducibility." A Sakta thealogy of religious diversity transcends humans and the borders of religion, politics, society, and speciesism.
New Books Network podcast on New Books in Indian Religions, a conversation between Raj Balkaran and author Pravina Rodrigues: https://newbooksnetwork.com/a-sakta-method-for-comparative-theology
New Books Network podcast on New Books in Indian Religions, a conversation between Raj Balkaran and author Pravina Rodrigues: https://newbooksnetwork.com/a-sakta-method-for-comparative-theology
Reviews / Votes
Rodrigues takes a full-bodied approach to theology of religions and comparative theology. She pinpoints the postcolonial, intergenerational trauma that is often missed in conversations about the relative absence of Hindu interlocutors. Offering her own voice to these disciplines, she roots a Sakta thealogy of religions in the divine as one, none, and many; and she concludes with promising notes toward a holistic method for comparative theology. -- Michelle Voss, Emmanuel College, Toronto School of Theology A Sakta Method for Comparative Theology is a welcome addition to the maturing field of comparative theology. The Sakta tradition of the Goddess, most often neglected by theologians, points us to a more sensual and sensitive interreligious learning that corresponds to the realities of lived religion. Pravina Rodrigues is to be congratulated for this pioneering study, a book that is both scholarly and personal. -- Francis X. Clooney, SJ, Harvard Divinity SchoolMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 tables
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
420 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6669-0505-2 (9781666905052)
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12/2023
1st Edition
Lexington Books
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E-Book
12/2023
1st Edition
Lexington Books
€82.49
Available for download
Person
Pravina Rodrigues is adjunct faculty at the Starr King School for the Ministry, the Graduate Theological Union's Center for Dharma Studies, and is postdoctoral fellow at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University (2021, 2022).
Content
Acknowledgments
Personal Prelude
Introduction
Chapter One: The Case of the Missing Interlocutors: Methodological Issues in Hindu-Christian Studies
Chapter Two: One, None, Many: A Sakta Ontology
Chapter Three: A Sakta Thealogy of Religious Diversity
Chapter Four: Upside-Down, Inside-Out: A Sakta Method for Comparative Theology
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author
Personal Prelude
Introduction
Chapter One: The Case of the Missing Interlocutors: Methodological Issues in Hindu-Christian Studies
Chapter Two: One, None, Many: A Sakta Ontology
Chapter Three: A Sakta Thealogy of Religious Diversity
Chapter Four: Upside-Down, Inside-Out: A Sakta Method for Comparative Theology
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author