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The Presence of Light: Divine Radiance and Religious Experience
Matthew T Kapstein
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Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
There is perhaps no greater constant in religious intuition and experience than the presence of light. In spiritual traditions East and West, light is not only ubiquitous but something that assumes strikingly similar forms in altogether different historical and cultural settings. This study examines light as an aspect of religiously valued experiences and its entailments for mystical theology, philosophy, politics, and religious art.
The essays in this volume make an important contribution to religious studies by proposing that it is misleading to conceive of religious experience in terms of an irreconcilable dichotomy between universality and cultural construction. An esteemed ... Read more
There is perhaps no greater constant in religious intuition and experience than the presence of light. In spiritual traditions East and West, light is not only ubiquitous but something that assumes strikingly similar forms in altogether different historical and cultural settings. This study examines light as an aspect of religiously valued experiences and its entailments for mystical theology, philosophy, politics, and religious art.
The essays in this volume make an important contribution to religious studies by proposing that it is misleading to conceive of religious experience in terms of an irreconcilable dichotomy between universality and cultural construction. An esteemed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226424927
SKU
V9780226424927
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