TY - GEN AB - Comparative theology investigates and negotiates the borders between religious traditions; at best, it also unsettles theological assumptions and results in greater interreligious empathy and understanding for an interconnected, pluralistic world. Toward these aims, this work explores and compares the energies of desire and non-attachment in the writings of two women mystics who lived in very different times and places: Hadewijch, a thirteenth-century Christian Beguine, and Mirabai, a sixteenth-century Hindu bhakti saint. AU - Hillgardner, Holly, CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - BR128.H5 ID - 799176 KW - Christianity and other religions KW - Hinduism KW - Love KW - Love LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190455538.001.0001 N2 - Comparative theology investigates and negotiates the borders between religious traditions; at best, it also unsettles theological assumptions and results in greater interreligious empathy and understanding for an interconnected, pluralistic world. Toward these aims, this work explores and compares the energies of desire and non-attachment in the writings of two women mystics who lived in very different times and places: Hadewijch, a thirteenth-century Christian Beguine, and Mirabai, a sixteenth-century Hindu bhakti saint. SN - 9780190455552 T1 - Longing and letting go :Christian and Hindu practices of passionate non-attachment / TI - Longing and letting go :Christian and Hindu practices of passionate non-attachment / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190455538.001.0001 ER -