Islam, Christianity and the Mystic Journey : A Comparative Exploration.
Title:
Islam, Christianity and the Mystic Journey : A Comparative Exploration.
Author:
Netton, Ian Richard.
ISBN:
9780748646050
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (233 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Exploring the Mystical Imagination: Perfection and its Quinque Viae -- Chapter 2 Caves, Clouds and Mountains: The Apophatic Tradition -- Chapter 3 The Mystic Telos: Cataphatic and Ecstatic Traditions -- Chapter 4 Journey's End: Towards an Anthropology of the Way -- Notes -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index.
Abstract:
This distinctive comparison of Islamic and Christian mysticism focuses on the mystic journey in the two faith traditions.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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