Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Religious Experience and Mysticism
Jose C. Nieto
€ 102.55
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Religious Experience and Mysticism
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Drawing from sacred scriptures, world religions, literature, philosophy and psychology, this monograph explores them as universal sources of religious experience and mysticism. It systematically establishes the similarities and differences between them as well as their distinctions from aesthetic experiences and mystical thought. Examples from religious experience show that it is perceived in space-time categories while mystical experience transcends all these experiencing union. It is this characteristic of mysticism which unifies World Mysticism regardless of the religious, cultural, or philosophical background. This book is divided into three major parts: Part I focuses on 'Religious Experience'; Part II on Mysticism; and Part ... Read more
Drawing from sacred scriptures, world religions, literature, philosophy and psychology, this monograph explores them as universal sources of religious experience and mysticism. It systematically establishes the similarities and differences between them as well as their distinctions from aesthetic experiences and mystical thought. Examples from religious experience show that it is perceived in space-time categories while mystical experience transcends all these experiencing union. It is this characteristic of mysticism which unifies World Mysticism regardless of the religious, cultural, or philosophical background. This book is divided into three major parts: Part I focuses on 'Religious Experience'; Part II on Mysticism; and Part ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761807667
SKU
V9780761807667
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Jose C. Nieto
Jose C. Nieto is Mary S. Geiger Professor of Religion and History and Chair of the Department of Religion at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
Reviews for Religious Experience and Mysticism
Jose Nieto's latest book is an ambitious attempt to survey the concepts of religious experience and mysticism in thinkers as seemingly disparate as Confucius and Alfred Lord Tennyson.
David A. Salomon, Sixteenth Century Journal Jose Nieto's latest book is an ambitious attempt to survey the concepts of religious experience and mysticism in thinkers as seemingly disparate as Confucius and ... Read more
David A. Salomon, Sixteenth Century Journal Jose Nieto's latest book is an ambitious attempt to survey the concepts of religious experience and mysticism in thinkers as seemingly disparate as Confucius and ... Read more