Book contents
- The Joy of Religion
- The Joy of Religion
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Variety and Mystery of Religious Pleasure
- Chapter 2 The Nature and Cultivation of Complex Pleasure
- Chapter 3 The Discovery of Mastery Pleasure
- Chapter 4 Philo’s Mastery, Plotinus’s Play, and the Mystic’s Joy
- Chapter 5 Pleasure, Play, and Magical Thinking
- Chapter 6 Church-Sect Theory and Pleasure
- Chapter 7 Narratives and Rituals of Pleasure
- Chapter 8 A Scholar’s Shabbat in Central Virginia
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 7 - Narratives and Rituals of Pleasure
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 December 2019
- The Joy of Religion
- The Joy of Religion
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Variety and Mystery of Religious Pleasure
- Chapter 2 The Nature and Cultivation of Complex Pleasure
- Chapter 3 The Discovery of Mastery Pleasure
- Chapter 4 Philo’s Mastery, Plotinus’s Play, and the Mystic’s Joy
- Chapter 5 Pleasure, Play, and Magical Thinking
- Chapter 6 Church-Sect Theory and Pleasure
- Chapter 7 Narratives and Rituals of Pleasure
- Chapter 8 A Scholar’s Shabbat in Central Virginia
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter looks at the Rasa Lila of Krishna in the Bhagavata Purana, the stories of Nachman of Bratslav and the philosophical writings on pleasure of Paul Ricoeur. The chapter also examines Hindu and Jewish rituals for their use and control of pleasure.
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- The Joy of ReligionExploring the Nature of Pleasure in Spiritual Life, pp. 170 - 194Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020