Medieval Christian and Islamic Mysticism and the Problem of a “Mystical Ethics”
Cambridge University Press eBooks November 29, 2018 Amber L. Griffioen, Mohammad Sadegh Zahedi
In this chapter, we examine a few potential problems when inquiring into the ethics of medieval Christian and Islamic mystical traditions: First, there are terminological and methodological worries about defining mysticism and doing comparative philosophy in general. Second, assuming that the Divine represents the highest Good in such traditions, and given the apophaticism on the part of many...