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Ineffability: The Failure of Words in Philosophy and Religion (SUNY Series, Toward a Comparative Philosophy of Religions) (Suny Series, Teacher Preparation and Development)

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The title of this book does not lie. There is much here on the history of ideas (philosophy/religion) concerning ineffability in both Western and Eastern tradition. Anyone in philosphy or religious studies (as in Comparitive Religion: Being a "Historian of Religion") and interested in this area of study will find this composition easy to read and bearing an overall accurate presentation of ideas from the variety of thinkers included. This is an fundamentally evocative book. Meaning that with a brief but concise description of the thinkers and traditions included the reader is given just enough to tease their interest. And this challenges them to then seek out more in depth sources related to this new found interest. Lastly, overall, the author writes with a critical bent yet with a care for honesty and heart seldom found amoung academics. A little Gem by all standards.

"We've come a long way together. I can't have finished what I want to say, but for the while, I've said what I could."
Ben-Ami Scharfstein