This is the fourth volume in an influential series that presents a basic revaluation of the nature of mysticism. Each provides a collection of solicited papers by noted experts in the study of religion. This new volume will explore how the great mystics and mystical traditions use, interpret, and reconstruct the sacred scriptures of their traditions.
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"....The connection between mysticism and scripture is indeed an important one and their complex relationship is well explored in this volume."--The Journal of Religion
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Steven T. Katz is Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Boston University.
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A review of the extant scholarly literature on mysticism-which ranges from William Jame's classic, pioneering work at the beginning of the twentieth century, through the studies of Evelyn Underhill, Rufus Jones, Baron Von Hugel, and Rufus Jones, to the near-contemporary and contemporary investigations of Walter T. Stace, R. C. Zaehner, Frits Staal, Ninian Smart, Nelson Pike, William Wainwright, Huston Smith, and Wayne Proudfoot (to name only the more prominent figures)-would reveal a nearly uniform neglect of the significance of sacred scriptures in the descriptive studies and the analytic discussions of these works. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
brahmanical canon, formless divinity, diverse scriptures, major mystical traditions, devotional mysticism, scriptural diversity, theistic mysticism, sruti texts, smrti texts, sant tradition, twofold mystery, mystical exegesis, mystical identity, primal point, fourfold sense, mystical communities, brahmanical tradition, letter bet, essential worship, mystical ascent, ugly deeds Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Advaita Vedanta, Bhágavata Purána, Song of Songs, Guo Xiang, Meister Eckhart, Bhagavata Purina, Holy One, Lord Krsna, New Testament, Early Chinese Mysticism, Malik Sahib, Vedanta Sutras, Visnu Purána, Annemarie Schimmel, Bhagavata Purána, Moshe Idel, Rabbi Judah, Rabbi Simeon, Vedic Samhitás, Yehuda Liebes, Bhágavata Purina, Gregory of Nyssa, Rabbi Pinhas, Bhagavata Purana New!
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A review of the extant scholarly literature on mysticism-which ranges from William Jame's classic, pioneering work at the beginning of the twentieth century, through the studies of Evelyn Underhill, Rufus Jones, Baron Von Hugel, and Rufus Jones, to the near-contemporary and contemporary investigations of Walter T. Stace, R. C. Zaehner, Frits Staal, Ninian Smart, Nelson Pike, William Wainwright, Huston Smith, and Wayne Proudfoot (to name only the more prominent figures)-would reveal a nearly uniform neglect of the significance of sacred scriptures in the descriptive studies and the analytic discussions of these works. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
brahmanical canon, formless divinity, diverse scriptures, major mystical traditions, devotional mysticism, scriptural diversity, theistic mysticism, sruti texts, smrti texts, sant tradition, twofold mystery, mystical exegesis, mystical identity, primal point, fourfold sense, mystical communities, brahmanical tradition, letter bet, essential worship, mystical ascent, ugly deeds Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Advaita Vedanta, Bhágavata Purána, Song of Songs, Guo Xiang, Meister Eckhart, Bhagavata Purina, Holy One, Lord Krsna, New Testament, Early Chinese Mysticism, Malik Sahib, Vedanta Sutras, Visnu Purána, Annemarie Schimmel, Bhagavata Purána, Moshe Idel, Rabbi Judah, Rabbi Simeon, Vedic Samhitás, Yehuda Liebes, Bhágavata Purina, Gregory of Nyssa, Rabbi Pinhas, Bhagavata Purana New!
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- Mysticism and Religious Traditions (Galaxy Books Series Gb P) by Steven T. Katz on 7 pages
- Kabbalah: New Perspectives by Professor Moshe Idel on 4 pages
- Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis by Steven T. Katz on 4 pages
- Early Chinese Mysticism : Philosophy and Soteriology in the Taoist Tradition by Livia Kohn in Front Matter, page 257, and page 258
- Indian Philosophy Vol. One by S. Radhakrishnan on page 180, page 182, and page 201
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- Poetics of Conduct: Oral Narrative and Moral Being in a South Indian Town by Leela Prasad in Back Matter
- Minding the Spirit: The Study of Christian Spirituality by Elizabeth A. Dreyer on page 148
- Holy Tears: Weeping in the Religious Imagination by Kimberley Christine Patton on page 144
- The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Religion (Blackwell Philosophy Guides) by William E. Mann on page 282
- The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Religion (Blackwell Philosophy Guides) by William E. Mann on page 282
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