David L. Haberman 
Loving Stones [PDF ebook] 
Making the Impossible Possible in the Worship of Mount Govardhan

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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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Bahasa Inggeris ● Format PDF ● Halaman-halaman 304 ● ISBN 9780190086732 ● Penerbit Oxford University Press ● Diterbitkan 2020 ● Muat turun 3 kali ● Mata wang EUR ● ID 8100989 ● Salin perlindungan Adobe DRM
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