The Moral Mystic

Author : James R. Horne
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780889207691

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The Moral Mystic by James R. Horne Pdf

Mysticism is condemned as often as it is praised. Much of the condemnation comes from mysticism’s apparent disregard of morality and ethics. For mystics, the experience of “union” transcends all moral concern. In this careful examination of the works of such practitioners or examiners of mysticism as Paul Tillich, Thomas Merton, Evelyn Underhill, and Martin Buber, the author posits a spectrum of uneasy relationships between mysticism and morality. Horne explores the polarities of apophatic (imageless) and imaginative mysticism, the contemplative and the active life, and morality and amorality. He stresses the importance of the distinction between “proper-name” (entirely personal) morality and “social” morality, for the history of Christian mysticism is a mix of minimal moral concern, proper-name morality, and social morality. The volume will be of interest to students of religious experience, ethics, and the recent history of mysticism. Carefully reasoned and documented, the argument is couched in clear prose, easily accessible to lay readers as well as to scholars.

Author : Richard H. Jones
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0739107844

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Mysticism and Morality by Richard H. Jones Pdf

In Mysticism and Morality author Richard Jones explores an often neglected question of religious ethics: Is mysticism moral? Through a discussion of several religious traditions--including Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Tantrism, Daoism, and Christianity--Jones fills a major void in the scholarly literature by considering all relevant points pertaining to mysticism. Rather than looking at mysticism abstractly, the book focuses on such topics as ritual, practice, and the processes of mystical becoming. This work provides new perspectives for those interested in ethics and will prove essential to anyone interested in comparative philosophy and cross-cultural studies of religion.

Author : Wayne Teasdale
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781577313168

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The Mystic Heart by Wayne Teasdale Pdf

Drawing on experience as an interreligious monk, Brother Wayne Teasdale reveals the power of spirituality and its practical elements. He combines a profound Christian faith with an intimate understanding of ancient religious traditions.

Author : Emile Mersch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258893762

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Morality and the Mystical Body by Emile Mersch Pdf

This is a new release of the original 1939 edition.

Author : Juan A. Hererro Brasas
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438430126

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Walt Whitman's Mystical Ethics of Comradeship by Juan A. Hererro Brasas Pdf

Recovers Walt Whitman as a self-conscious religious figure with an ethic based in male comradeship, one at odds with the temper of his times.

Author : Emile Mersch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1436698340

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Morality and the Mystical Body by Emile Mersch Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : James R. Horne
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780889207707

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Mysticism and Vocation by James R. Horne Pdf

We tend to think that a person who is both reasonable and moral can have a good life. What constitutes a life that is not only good but superlative, or even “marvellous” or “holy”? Those who have such lives are called sages, heroes or saints, and their lives can display great integrity as well as integration with a transformative “Spiritual Presence.” Does it follow that saints are perfect people? Is there a common vision that impels them to seek holiness? In a controversial interpretation of mysticism Horne suggests that there is no single formula for the meaning of life and no one story that displays it to us. Mysticism, rather than being just a visionary perception, then becomes a problem-solving process that brings about a creative transformation of the personality at a critical stage in life. He suggests also that saints may be imperfect morally and describes true saints as double-minded: they are serious in a playful way. Mysticism and Vocation illuminates our understanding of saintly lives by explicating their mystical characteristics and extending discussions of mysticism to explain its role in active lives. In discussing important decisions that go beyond conventional morality, it adds to recent philosophical arguments by Charles Taylor, Alasdair MacIntyre, Iris Murdoch, Bernard Williams and others to the effect that morality should be defined more broadly to deal with the human condition. This book will be of interest to students of philosophy and religious studies, in both graduate and undergraduate programs.

Author : Arthur C. Danto
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Ethics
ISBN : UOM:39015002739194

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Mysticism and Morality: Oriental Thought and Moral Philosophy by Arthur C. Danto Pdf

Author : Paul Marshall
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005-07-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191535468

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Mystical Encounters with the Natural World by Paul Marshall Pdf

Some experiences of the natural world bring a sense of unity, knowledge, self-transcendence, eternity, light, and love. This is the first detailed study of these intriguing phenomena. Paul Marshall explores the circumstances, characteristics, and after-effects of this important but relatively neglected type of mystical experience, and critiques explanations that range from the spiritual and metaphysical to the psychoanalytic, contextual, and neuropsychological. The theorists discussed include R. M. Bucke, Edward Carpenter, W. R. Inge, Evelyn Underhill, Rudolf Otto, Sigmund Freud, Aldous Huxley, R. C. Zaehner, W. T. Stace, Steven Katz, and Robert Forman, as well as contemporary neuroscientists. The book makes a significant contribution to current debates about the nature of mystical experience.

Author : Johann Lorenz Mosheim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Church history
ISBN : UOM:39015070185189

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Institutes of Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern ... by Johann Lorenz Mosheim Pdf

Author : Johann Lorenz Mosheim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1478 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Church history
ISBN : CHI:24891512

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Institutes of Ecclesiastical History by Johann Lorenz Mosheim Pdf

Author : William Loftus Hare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Ethics
ISBN : UVA:X000879496

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Mysticism of East and West by William Loftus Hare Pdf

Author : Richard H. Jones
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438461199

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Philosophy of Mysticism by Richard H. Jones Pdf

A comprehensive exploration of the philosophical issues raised by mysticism. This work is a comprehensive study of the philosophical issues raised by mysticism. Mystics claim to experience reality in a way not available in normal life, a claim which makes this phenomenon interesting from a philosophical perspective. Richard H. Jones’s inquiry focuses on the skeleton of beliefs and values of mysticism: knowledge claims made about the nature of reality and of human beings; value claims about what is significant and what is ethical; and mystical goals and ways of life. Jones engages language, epistemology, metaphysics, science, and the philosophy of mind. Methodological issues in the study of mysticism are also addressed. Examples of mystical experience are drawn chiefly from Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta, but also from Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Daoism. “This is a significant extension of the seminal work by Walter Stace, Mysticism and Philosophy. That work has stimulated much literature, all of which Jones manages to review here. He critically extends Stace’s universal core and embeds it in a sophisticated discussion of the extent, range, and metaphysical implications of mysticism.” — Ralph W. Hood, Jr., coauthor of The Psychology of Religion: An Empirical Approach

Author : Sarah Voss
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666742473

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Math Mystic's Guide to Creative Spirituality by Sarah Voss Pdf

The Math Mystic’s Guide to Creative Spirituality is unique, provocative, engaging, and a masterpiece of philosophical and mystical exploration. It offers gourmet treats for those with spiritual hunger, a feast of innovative perspectives on building social collateral (trust, forgiveness, resilience . . .), and intellectual desserts for the mathematically inclined. User-friendly for the non-mathematician, the book also provides a smorgasbord of resources for those who want to know more about the math. Deeply personal but also scholarly, with an unprecedented use of mathematical metaphors, this book will appeal to mathematicians, scientists, teachers, philosophers, religious educators, and spiritual seekers of many persuasions. A math professor before becoming a Unitarian Universalist minister, the author has compiled herein a lifetime of creative study about the relationship between math and religion. She has pioneered ways to use mathematics to help clarify such spiritual ideas as God, fairness, equality, redemption, and the nature of things. In the process she coined the terms “matheology” and “mathaphor,” introduced the notion of math sermons, and has expanded the concept of moral math. This exciting collection of essays (with a little poetry as garnish) uses math as a language to nourish the spiritual heart of our global society.

Author : Miklós Vassányi,Enikő Sepsi,Anikó Daróczi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319450698

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The Immediacy of Mystical Experience in the European Tradition by Miklós Vassányi,Enikő Sepsi,Anikó Daróczi Pdf

This volume examines mystical experiences as portrayed in various ways by “authors” such as philosophers, mystics, psychoanalysts, writers, and peasant women. These “mystical authors” have, throughout the ages, attempted to convey the unsayable through writings, paintings, or oral stories. The immediate experience of God is the primary source and ultimate goal of these mystical expressions. This experience is essentially ineffable, yet all mystical authors, either consciously or unconsciously, feel an urge to convey what they have undergone in the moments of rapture. At the same time they are in the role of intermediaries: the goal of their self-expression – either written, painted or oral – is to make others somehow understand or feel what they have experienced, and to lead others toward the spiritual goal of human life. This volume studies the mystical experiences and the way they have been described or portrayed in West-European culture, from Antiquity to the present, from an interdisciplinary perspective, and approaches the concept of “immediate experience” in various ways.