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Publisher : Brill Archive
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Total Pages : 52 pages
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Download or read book Researches in Syrian Mysticism written by and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Aloys Grillmeier
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664219970
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (199 download)
Download or read book Christ in Christian Tradition written by Aloys Grillmeier and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the development of Christology and the concept of Christ and His presence through the late eighth century
Author : Moshe Idel
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438407467
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah written by Moshe Idel and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents important topics regarding the more mystical trend of Kabbalah—the ecstatic Kabbalah. It includes the mystical union, the world of imagination, and concentration as a spiritual technique. The emphasis in the text is on the interaction between the "original" Spanish stage of Kabbalah and Muslim mysticism in the East, mainly in the Galilee. The influence of the Kabbalistic-Sufic synthesis on the later developments of Jewish mysticism is traced, thereby providing a more precise understanding of the history of Kabbalah as an interplay between the theosophical and ecstatic mystical experiences.
Author : Dan Merkur
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438412878
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Mystical Moments and Unitive Thinking written by Dan Merkur and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1999-02-11 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merkur proposes an alternative to the traditional psychoanalytic explanation of mystical experiences as regression to the solipsism of earliest infancy. He does this by viewing unitive thinking as a line of cognitive development, and mystical moments as creative inspirations on unitive topics. Utilizing classical self-reports by Christian, Jewish, and Muslim mystics, Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, and modern Western peak experiences, Merkur argues that experiences of mystical union are manifestations of a broader category of psychological processes that manifest in scientific and moral thought, as well as in mysticism. Unconscious as well as conscious, unitive thinking is sometimes realistic and sometimes fantastic, in patterns that are consistent with cognitive development in general. Mystical moments of unitive thinking may be considered moments of creative inspiration that happen to make use of unitive ideas. Building on the psychoanalytic object-relations theory that the self is always in relationship with an object, Merkur argues that the solipsism of some varieties of mystical union always implies unconscious ideas of a love object who is transcendent.
Author : Harvard University
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Report of the President of Harvard College and Reports of Departments written by Harvard University and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Phil Booth
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520280423
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Crisis of Empire written by Phil Booth and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-10-12 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the attempts of three asceticsÑJohn Moschus, Sophronius of Jerusalem, and Maximus ConfessorÑto determine the ChurchÕs power and place during a period of profound crisis, as the eastern Roman empire suffered serious reversals in the face of Persian and then Islamic expansion. By asserting visions which reconciled long-standing intellectual tensions between asceticism and Church, these authors established the framework for their subsequent emergence as Constantinople's most vociferous religious critics, their alliance with the Roman popes, and their radical rejection of imperial interference in matters of the faith. Situated within the broader religious currents of the fourth to seventh centuries, this book throws new light on the nature not only of the holy man in late antiquity, but also of the Byzantine Orthodoxy that would emerge in the Middle Ages, and which is still central to the churches of Greece and Eastern Europe.
Author : Augustine Thottakara
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book East Syrian Spirituality written by Augustine Thottakara and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W. B. Fisher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521246934
Total Pages : 998 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (469 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge History of Iran written by W. B. Fisher and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys Iranian history and culture and its contribution to the civilization of the world. Covers religious, philosophical, political, economic, scientific and artistic elements in Iranian civilization.
Author : Sebastian P. Brock
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Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Syriac Studies written by Sebastian P. Brock and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David A. Michelson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198836244
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)
Download or read book The Library of Paradise written by David A. Michelson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-13 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemplative reading is a spiritual practice developed by Christian monks in sixth- and seventh-century Mesopotamia. Mystics belonging to the Church of the East pursued a form of contemplation which moved from reading, to meditation, to prayer, to the ecstasy of divine vision. The Library of Paradise tells the story of this Syriac tradition in three phases: its establishment as an ascetic practice, the articulation of its theology, and its maturation and spread. The sixth-century monastic reform of Abraham of Kashkar codified the essential place of reading in East Syrian ascetic life. Once established, the practice of contemplative reading received extensive theological commentary. Abraham's successor Babai the Great drew upon the ascetic system of Evagrius of Pontus to explain the relationship of reading to the monk's pursuit of God. Syriac monastic handbooks of the seventh century built on this Evagrian framework. 'Enanisho' of Adiabene composed an anthology called Paradise that would stand for centuries as essential reading matter for Syriac monks. Dadisho' of Qatar wrote a widely copied commentary on the Paradise. Together, these works circulated as a one-volume library which offered readers a door to "Paradise" through contemplation. The Library of Paradise is the first book-length study of East Syrian contemplative reading. It adapts methodological insights from prior scholarship on reading, including studies on Latin lectio divina. By tracing the origins of East Syrian contemplative reading, this study opens the possibility for future investigation into its legacies, including the tradition's long reception history in Sogdian, Arabic, and Ethiopic monastic libraries.
Author : Susan Ashbrook Harvey
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520413938
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Asceticism and Society in Crisis written by Susan Ashbrook Harvey and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2024-07-26 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John of Ephesus traveled throughout the sixth-century Byzantine world in his role as monk, missionary, writer and church leader. In his major work,The Lives of the Eastern Saints, he recorded 58 portraits of monks and nuns he had known, using the literary conventions of hagiography in a strikingly personal way. War, bubonic plague, famine, collective hysteria, and religious persecution were a part of daily life and the background against which asceticism developed an acute meaning for a beleaguered populace. Taking the work of John of Ephesus as her guide, Harvey explores the relationship between asceticism and society in the sixth-century Byzantine East. Concerned above all with the responsibility of the ascetic to lay society, John's writing narrates his experiences in the villages of the Syrian Orient, the deserts of Egypt, and the imperial city of Constantinople. Harvey's work contributes to a new understanding of the social world of the late antique Byzantine East, skillfully examining the character of ascetic practices, the traumatic separation of "Monophysite" churches, the fluctuating roles of women in Syriac Christianity, and the general contribution of hagiography to the study of history. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.
Author : Serafim Seppälä
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book In Speechless Ecstasy written by Serafim Seppälä and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the hypothesis underlying this study, Syriac and Sufi texts refer repeatedly to and deal with something "mystical" which is absolutely non-linguistic in nature, yet is expressed linguistically under the conditions and restrictions of natural language; this something is an important factor constituting the character of the discourse, but it does not submit to being an object of research. The purpose of this study is to undertake a systematic survey of the different constituents of ecstatic readings in Syriac ascetic literature, including the process of expression and interpretation (and manifestation, as far as possible), and to present this together with a corresponding analysis of classical Sufism as it is manifested in its authoritative literature, and finally, to make concluding remarks concerning common features and differences between traditions.
Author : Ernst Tugendhat
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231542933
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Egocentricity and Mysticism written by Ernst Tugendhat and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Egocentricity and Mysticism, Ernst Tugendhat casts mysticism as an innate facet of what it means to be human—a response to an existential need for peace of mind. This need is created by our discursive practices, which serve to differentiate us from one another and privilege our respective first-person standpoints. Emphasizing the first person fuels a desire for mysticism, which builds knowledge of what binds us together and connects us to the world. Any intellectual pursuit that prompts us to "step back" from our egocentric concerns harbors a mystic kernel that manifests as a sense of awe, wonder, and gratitude. Philosophy, the natural sciences, and mathematics all engender forms of mystical experience as profound as any produced by meditation and asceticism. One of the most widely discussed books by a German philosopher in decades, Egocentricity and Mysticism is a philosophical milestone that clarifies in groundbreaking ways our relationship to language, social interaction, and mortality.
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Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book In Speechless Ecstasy written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : D. De Smet
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789042915244
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (152 download)
Download or read book Egypt and Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk Eras IV written by D. De Smet and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each volume deals with a wide variety of scholarly subjects, all revolving around the central theme of Syro-Egypt's high and late medieval history. Topics dealt with include archaeology, architecture, codicology, economic, political, and religious history, as well as belles-lettres.
Author : Kathryn Babayan
Publisher : Harvard CMES
ISBN 13 : 9780932885289
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (852 download)
Download or read book Mystics, Monarchs, and Messiahs written by Kathryn Babayan and published by Harvard CMES. This book was released on 2002 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on idealists and visionaries who believed that Justice could reign in our world, this book explores the desire to experience utopia on earth. Reluctant to await another existence, individuals with ghuluww, or exaggeration, emerged at the advent of Islam, expecting to attain the apocalyptic horizon of Truth.
Author : Amy Hollywood
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231527438
Total Pages : 603 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Acute Melancholia and Other Essays written by Amy Hollywood and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acute Melancholia and Other Essays deploys spirited and progressive approaches to the study of Christian mysticism and the philosophy of religion. Ideal for novices and experienced scholars alike, the volume makes a forceful case for thinking about religion as both belief and practice, in which traditions marked by change are passed down through generations, laying the groundwork for their own critique. Through a provocative integration of medieval sources and texts by Jacques Derrida, Judith Butler, Talal Asad, and Dipesh Chakrabarty, this book redefines what it means to engage critically with history and those embedded within it.
