The nature and significance of the Hindu Divine Mother in embodied thealogical perspective
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- Catalogue identifier
- kali-0071
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-0071; doi:10.1017/S0034412521000263
- Author or attribution
- Mikel Burley
- Record type
- Article
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- 2022/10
- Source / repository
- Cambridge University Press
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- Kali Library Research Catalogue; Academic Research and Peer-Reviewed Articles; Philosophy, Theology, and Comparative Religion
Description and curator notes
Develops an embodied approach to the Hindu Divine Mother, with particular attention to the troubling or terrifying dimensions of Kali. Burley asks how philosophical discussion changes when divine motherhood is understood through lived bodies, emotional responses, and the turbulent world rather than reduced to an abstract attribute of deity. The article considers religious responses to terror and suffering, and examines the significance of reverence for a mother who can also destroy. It offers a careful philosophical framework for Kali studies while drawing on existing religious and textual interpretations rather than presenting new temple ethnography.
KALI-0071 — Kali Library Research Catalogue.
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Author / attribution: Mikel Burley
Publication: Cambridge University Press · 2022/10
Religious Studies 58(S1), S4–S16 (2022); first online 12 August 2021
Format / language: Journal article · English
Identifier: doi:10.1017/S0034412521000263
Kali relevance: Kali is a central case in the article’s embodied thealogy.
Context: Philosophy of religion; Divine Mother; embodiment and terror.
Subjects: Academic Research and Peer-Reviewed Articles; Philosophy, Theology, and Comparative Religion
Evidence / reliability: Peer-reviewed scholarly journal
Access / rights: Complete text checked 2026-11-04. Open access under CC BY 4.0 on the publisher page.
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Complete text checked 2026-11-04. Open access under CC BY 4.0 on the publisher page. This library links to the source and does not reproduce its full text.
Citation
Mikel Burley. The nature and significance of the Hindu Divine Mother in embodied thealogical perspective. Cambridge University Press · 2022/10.
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