Mysticism in Shaivism and Christianity-Bettina Sharada Bäumer-DKPD-9788124600962
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If mysticism is hard
to define, what is it then? Or, why have mystics often spoken about what they
have realized — notwithstanding the ‘unspeakability’ of a spiritual
experience? And, yet more significantly, how can a meeting point of different
religious traditions be discovered at the mystical level? Focussing on these
and other related questions, eminent scholars from varying religious
traditions here explore the nature of mystical experience in two of the
world’s major traditions: Hinduism and Christianity. Neither a comparative
study of religious traditions, nor an attempt to develop an overall mystical
theology, the book sets out a spiritual dialogue between Shaiva and Christian
mysticism: a dialogue wherein the participants articulate worldviews of the
mystical traditions of Shaiva Siddhanta, Kashmir Shaivism, Meister Eckhart,
Hadewijch, Julian of Norwich, St. Ignatius Loyola, and of the Eastern
Christianity. And, without taking any a priori intellectual position, each
author here evolves his/her own tradition-specific perspective on mysticism —
letting the comparisons, if any, to surface in the dialogue itself. A
spiritual dialogue, like the one this multi-author work embodies, holds a key
to an insightful understanding between different people, cultures and faiths
— more specially in today’s world riven, as it is, by fundamentalist forces
and endless religious conflicts. The book will be a valuable acquisition for
the scholars and spiritually interested readers alike. |
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9788124600962
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DKPD |
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HARDCOVER |
Edition |
3RD 2018 |
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ENGLISH |
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