Comparison Between European Mystics in the 14th Century and Sumatran Sufis in the 16th-17th Centuries
INContext Studies in Translation and Interculturalism April 30, 2024 Laurent Metzger
This study offers a comparative examination of the mysticism practiced by European spiritual thinkers in the 14th century and Sumatran Sufis in the 16th to 17th centuries, revealing striking inter-cultural similarities in their spiritual quests secluded from the urban tumult. These mystics, though divided by geographic and temporal distances, engaged profoundly with religious metaphysics,...