The Body Divine: The Symbol of the Body in the Works of Teilhard de Chardin and Ramanuja

by Anne Hunt Overzee

Book Overview

The Body Divine explores the ways in which two spiritual teachers, one Christian (Teilhard de Chardin) and one Hindu (R D=am D=anuja) have seen the world as inherently divine, and have presented this insight theologically through the use of a symbol, that of the body of the divine (the body of Christ/Brahman). In a careful study of their beliefs, Dr. Hunt Overzee shows how both thinkers came to understand reality in terms of consciousness, believing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521046696
• ISBN13: 9780521046695
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"