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Author : Steven T. Katz
Release : 1983
Genre : Body, Mind & Spirit
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Book Synopsis Mysticism and Religious Traditions by : Steven T. Katz
Download or read book Mysticism and Religious Traditions written by Steven T. Katz. This book was released on 1983. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steven T. Katz
Release : 1983
Genre : Technology & Engineering
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Book Synopsis Mysticism and Religious Traditions by : Steven T. Katz
Download or read book Mysticism and Religious Traditions written by Steven T. Katz. This book was released on 1983. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays look at mystical experience, consciousness, Sufism, English mystics, Saint Francis of Assisi, Taoism, and Confucianism
Author : Steven Fanning
Release : 2005-06-29
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Mystics of the Christian Tradition by : Steven Fanning
Download or read book Mystics of the Christian Tradition written by Steven Fanning. This book was released on 2005-06-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From divine visions to self-tortures, some strange mystical experiences have shaped the Christian tradition. Full of colourful detail, this book examines the mystical experiences that have determined the history of Christianity.
Author : Gedaliahu A. Guy Stroumsa
Release : 2005
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 355/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hidden Wisdom by : Gedaliahu A. Guy Stroumsa
Download or read book Hidden Wisdom written by Gedaliahu A. Guy Stroumsa. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the problem of esoteric traditions in early Christianity, their origin and their transformation in Patristic hermeneutics, in the West as well as in the East. It argues that these traditions eventually formed the basis of nascent Christian mysticism in Late Antiquity. These esoteric traditions do not reflect the influence of Greek Mystery religions, as has often been claimed, but rather seem to stem from the Jewish background of Christianity. They were adopted by various Gnostic teachings, a fact which helps explaining their eventual disappearance from Patristic literature. The eleven chapters study each a different aspect of the problem, including the questions of Gnostic and Manichaean esotericism. This book will be of interest to all students of religious history in Late Antiquity. Revised and extended paperback edition. Originally published in 1996. Please click here for details.
Author : William B. Parsons
Release : 2011-12-16
Genre : Body, Mind & Spirit
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Book Synopsis Teaching Mysticism by : William B. Parsons
Download or read book Teaching Mysticism written by William B. Parsons. This book was released on 2011-12-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term ''mysticism'' has never been consistently defined or employed, either in religious traditions or in academic discourse. The essays in this volume offer ways of defining what mysticism is, as well as methods for grappling with its complexity in a classroom.This volume addresses the diverse literature surrounding mysticism in four interrelated parts. The first part includes essays on the tradition and context of mysticism, devoted to drawing out and examining the mystical element in many religious traditions. The second part engages traditions and religio-cultural strands in which ''mysticism'' is linked to other terms, such as shamanism, esotericism, and Gnosticism. The volume's third part focuses on methodological strategies for defining ''mysticism,'' with respect to varying social spaces. The final essays show how contemporary social issues and movements have impacted the meaning, study, and pedagogy of mysticism.Teaching Mysticism presents pedagogical reflections on how best to communicate mysticism from a variety of institutional spaces. It surveys the broad range of meanings of mysticism, its utilization in the traditions, the theories and methods that have been used to understand it, and provides critical insight into the resulting controversies.
