Mysticism and Religious Traditions
Author | : Steven T. Katz |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Steven T. Katz |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Steven Fanning |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2005-06-29 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1134590989 |
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 | : Edward Howells |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 719 |
Release | : 2020-02-25 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 019103407X |
The Oxford Handbook of Mystical Theology provides a guide to the mystical element of Christianity as a theological phenomenon. It differs not only from psychological and anthropological studies of mysticism, but from other theological studies, such as more practical or pastorally-oriented works that examine the patterns of spiritual progress and offer counsel for deeper understanding and spiritual development. It also differs from more explicitly historical studies tracing the theological and philosophical contexts and ideas of various key figures and schools, as well as from literary studies of the linguistic tropes and expressive forms in mystical texts. None of these perspectives is absent, but the method here is more deliberately theological, working from within the fundamental interests of Christian mystical writers to the articulation of those interests in distinctively theological forms, in order, finally, to permit a critical theological engagement with them for today. Divided into four parts, the first section introduces the approach to mystical theology and offers a historical overview. Part two attends to the concrete context of sources and practices of mystical theology. Part three moves to the fundamental conceptualities of mystical thought. The final section ends with the central contributions of mystical teaching to theology and metaphysics. Students and scholars with a variety of interests will find different pathways through the Handbook.
Author | : Muhammad Shafiq |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2023-05-16 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 3031271211 |
This book discusses mysticism and its possible contributions to a positive common human future. It is organized into three parts - “Studies of Mystical Traditions,” “Comparative Studies of Mystical Traditions,” and “Social and Ethical Implications." The approach is philosophical and critical. The contributors differ on whether or not mystical traditions would restore peaceful living and peaceful coexistence. However, the problem before this manuscript is the growing pain and suffering caused by greed in the world, greed causing economic disequilibrium, racism and divisiveness causing social unrest resulting in mass migration and refugees’ crisis. Through the lens of “mystical traditions," the manuscript proposes a balance approach between material and spiritual needs of people. To strengthen human spiritualty, the manuscript emphasizes practicing meditation, music, prayers, zikr, yoga, mindfulness, fasting and other methods of spiritual revival for peace within self and with others.
Author | : Isabel Cooper-Oakley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Mysteries, Religious |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Randall Studstill |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2018-08-14 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9047407210 |
The book supports an ecumenical theory of mysticism through a comparative analysis of Tibetan Dzogchen and German mysticism. Using a systems model of consciousness as an interpretive framework, it shows how the distinct doctrines and practices of these two traditions function in parallal, equally transformative ways.
Author | : Bruno Borchert |
Publisher | : Weiser Books |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 1994-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780877287728 |
Mystical experience is not really understood in our modern Western culture, but we have a rich history and traadition that can be traced from remote ages to the present day. It is a phenomenon common to all religions and races, differing in manifestation, but sharing a similar foundation#8212the realization from personal experience that all things are interdependent, that the source is One. The mystical experience is often brief, immediate, maybe mysterious#8212a last experience that rbings all-embracing emotion (love) into the bounds of concrete reality. Bruno Borchert brings mysticism into sharp focus by exploring ideas and concecpts from world religions and explaining Christian mystics in history, in perspective, and through art. He takes us from Zoroaster to European alchemists, explores the Hellenistic world, the feminine world-view, and the experience of God shard by saints and well-known mystics such as St. Theresa and St. Francis. Modern approaches explored by psychologists like Jung and Maslow, and the contemporary search for mystical love make this a necessary book for people who want to understand the spiritual path.
Author | : Castelo, Daniel |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0802869564 |
Informed reassessment of Pentecostalism as a mystical tradition of the church universal Pentecostalism, says Daniel Castelo, is commonly framed as "evangelicalism with tongues" or dismissed as simply a revivalist movement. In this book Castelo argues that Pentecostalism is actually best understood as a Christian mystical tradition. Taking a theological approach to Pentecostalism, Castelo looks particularly at the movement's methodology and epistemology as he carefully distinguishes it from American evangelicalism. Castelo displays the continuity between Pentecostalism and ancient church tradition, creating a unified narrative of Pentecostalism and the mystical tradition of Christianity throughout history and today. Finally, he uses a test case to press the question of what the interactions between mystical theology and dogmatics could look like.
Author | : Bruce Stephen Naschak |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2023-01-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1793637911 |
Esoteric communities of masters and disciples ("Holy Traditions") have, in both prehistoric and historical eras, developed doctrines and rituals to experience mystical union with the divine. The author describes these traditions, their ideas, and their practices—noting their similarities to and their interactions with other mystical traditions.
Author | : Andrew Louth |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2007-01-25 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0191608777 |
Scholars of the patristic era have paid more attention to the dogmatic tradition in their period than to the development of Christian mystical theology. Andrew Louth aims to redress the balance. Recognizing that the intellectual form of this tradition was decisively influenced by Platonic ideas of the soul's relationship to God, Louth begins with an examination of Plato and Platonism. The discussion of the Fathers which follows shows how the mystical tradition is at the heart of their thought and how the dogmatic tradition both moulds and is the reflection of mystical insights and concerns. This new edition of a classic study of the diverse influences upon Christian spirituality includes a new Epilogue which brings the text completely up to date.