Hindu Images and their Worship with special reference to Vais... - 9781138291133

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Hindu Images and their Worship with special reference to VaisnavismA philosophical-theological inquiry\nAuthor(s): Julius Lipner\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138291133, 978-1138291133\nSynopsis\nHinduism comprises perhaps the major cluster of religio-cultural traditions of India, and it can play a valuable role in helping us understand the nature of religion and human responses to life. Hindu image-worship lies at the core of what counts for Hinduism up-front and subject to much curiosity and misunderstanding, yet it is a defining feature of this phenomenon.\n\nThis book focuses on Hindu images and their worship with special reference to Vai??avism, a major strand of Hinduism. Concentrating largely, but not exclusively, on Sanskritic source material, the author shows in the course of the book that Hindu image-worship may be understood via three levels of interpretation: the metaphysical/theological, the narr.