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    The Bhagavad Gita : a biography (2015)
    Princeton and Oxford : Princeton University Press
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    b3kat_BV042226903
    Format: x, 243 Seiten , Illustrationen , 21 cm
    ISBN: 9780691139968 , 0691139962
    Series Statement: Lives of great religious books
    Content: The Bhagavad Gita in the time of its composition -- Krishna and his Gita in medieval India -- Passages from India -- Krishna, the Gita, and the Indian nation -- Modern gitas : translations -- The Gita in our time : performances -- The Bhagavad Gita in great time -- Glossary of Sanskrit terms -- Select English translations of the Bhagavad Gita
    Content: "The Bhagavad Gita, perhaps the most famous of all Indian scriptures, is universally regarded as one of the world's spiritual and literary masterpieces. Richard Davis tells the story of this venerable and enduring book, from its origins in ancient India to its reception today as a spiritual classic that has been translated into more than seventy-five languages. The Gita opens on the eve of a mighty battle, when the warrior Arjuna is overwhelmed by despair and refuses to fight. He turns to his charioteer, Krishna, who counsels him on why he must. In the dialogue that follows, Arjuna comes to realize that the true battle is for his own soul.Davis highlights the place of this legendary dialogue in classical Indian culture, and then examines how it has lived on in diverse settings and contexts. He looks at the medieval devotional traditions surrounding the divine character of Krishna and traces how the Gita traveled from India to the West, where it found admirers in such figures as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Aldous Huxley. Davis explores how Indian nationalists like Mahatma Gandhi and Swami Vivekananda used the Gita in their fight against colonial rule, and how contemporary interpreters reanimate and perform this classical work for audiences today.An essential biography of a timeless masterpiece, this book is an ideal introduction to the Gita and its insights into the struggle for self-mastery that we all must wage"--
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    Language: English
    Subjects: Theology
    RVK:
    BE 8001
    Keywords: Bhagavadgītā ; Geschichte
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    A not-so-unexciting life : essays on Benedictine history and spirituality in honor of Michael Casey, OCSO (2017)
    Edinburgh : Cistercian Publications | Collegeville, Minnesota : Liturgical Press
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    UID:
    b3kat_BV044621042
    Format: xv, 426 Seiten , Illustrationen
    ISBN: 9780879072698 , 0879072695
    Series Statement: Cistercian studies series number two hundred sixty-nine
    Note: Introduction , Michael : a short biography , Benedict's balanced lifestyle : is this your life? , The exciting life of being a questioner , Welcoming the Word -- then and now , Ritualizing endings for the sake of new beginnings , Benedict and Francis : two popes and two saints in conversation , Magistra humilitas : young Bernard's hardest lesson , Bernard of Clairvaux and Richard of Saint-Victor on the pursuit of ecstasy and the development of a mystical theology , A mirror for abbots : the Pastoral prayer of Saint Aelred , Who wrote the Rule of Walbert? , Medieval English nuns and the Benedictine Rule : the evidence and example of Wintney Priory , Some Benedictine legacies , Cloister and community , Aequo animo : with a quiet mind , Monasticism in an age of transition : a European perspective , Musings of a (post)modern monastic historian , Father Michael Casey, OCSO : a teacher of monks for our time : an interview , Michael Casey : a poet of the Logos
    Additional Edition: Online version Not so unexciting life Collegeville, Minnesota : Cistercian Publications, 2017 ISBN 9780879070526
    Language: English
    Subjects: History , Theology
    RVK:
    BM 3120
    RVK:
    NV 5210
    Keywords: Benediktiner ; Spiritualität ; Benediktiner ; Geschichte ; Festschrift
    URL: Rezension
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    Author information: Casey, Michael 1942-
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