Kanz Philosophia : A Journal for Islamic Philosophy and Mysticism
June 22, 2016
Sangkot Sirait
1 citation
Most Islamic theologians and sufi orders always have a different view of discovering the truth of God. On the contrary,in the view of Ibn Taymiyya, between Islamic theology and mysticism both strive to deliver people to understand the existence of God, they are so willing to do good and leave the bad. Efforts to do good and leave the bad that bring human beings intothe perfection of the soul....
Studies in history and philosophy of science
June 1, 2016
Eric C Martin
8 citations
Feyerabend's interests in religion and mysticism grew through his career. In his later writings, Feyerabend's numerous critiques of scientific materialism are often accompanied by purported advantages of religious orientations and temperaments. These recommendations do not simply follow from his tolerant theoretical pluralism; they are more positive attempts to articulate distinctive aspects of...
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
May 31, 2016
Pieter G.R. de Villiers
2 citations
This article analyses aesthetics and mysticism in the writings of Albert Geyser, the prominent South African theologian who is mostly known for his brave, uncompromising struggle against the apartheid system. In the first part of the article, brief introductory comments are made about Geyser’s theological and political role in South Africa in the light of his Protestan tcontext and his...
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
May 31, 2016
Pieter G.R. de Villiers
23 citations
The article investigates the potential of mysticism to revitalise theology. It firstly traces howaesthetics was understood in theology and provides reasons for this view. It then investigateshow the predominant epistemological approach in theology privileged conceptual knowledgeand relativised aesthetics as being subjective and therefore unreliable. It gives special attentionto this...
Journal of Analytic Theology
May 6, 2016
Sameer Yadav
50 citations
Apophaticism in mainstream analytic theology and philosophy of religion has come to denote a metaphysical and semantic thesis: that, due to divine transcendence, God is ineffable, inconceivable, or incomprehensible. But this conception fails to properly take account of the central claim of apophaticism as a special type of mystical theology. As such, the apophatic commitments to divine...
Cambridge University Press eBooks
April 18, 2016
April D. Deconick
Introduction Early Christian mysticism customarily has been understood as a relatively late Platonic philosophical product of patristic theology, marked particularly by Denys the Areopagite (also known as Pseudo-Dionysius, he is thought to have written ca. 500 CE). Denys taught the apophatic way, in which the soul escapes the world to unite with the Unknowable God. The first generations of...
April 18, 2016
Mysticism and esotericism are two intimately related strands of the Western tradition. Despite their close connections, however, scholars tend to treat them separately. Whereas the study of Western mysticism enjoys a long and established history, Western esotericism is a young field. The Cambridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism examines both of these traditions together. The...
Mediterranea. International Journal on the Transfer of Knowledge
March 1, 2016
Jules Janssens
3 citations
It is a well-known fact that Ibn Sīnā in the final part of his work al-Ishārāt wa-l-tanbīhāt, Pointers and Reminders, extensively uses a mystical vocabulary. Given this fact some scholars have judged that he in this – in all likelihood rather late – work adheres to a kind of mysticism, either religious or, at least, philosophical. Based on a detailed analysis of some of the most significant...
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
January 27, 2016
Celia E.T. Kourie
10 citations
Given the plethora of research conducted in the field of spirituality and mysticism over the last 30 years, it is almost a superhuman feat to keep up with the explosion of information. Of necessity, in a limited article of this nature, it is possible to discuss only a few salient aspects of the spirituality and mysticism phenomenon and by so doing contribute to ongoing research in this...
Modern Judaism - A Journal of Jewish Ideas and Experience
January 5, 2016
Daniel Reiser
1 citation
In recent years, the phenomenological and comparative approaches to the study of Jewish mysticism have come under criticism. This critique has been focused upon the very concept of “mysticism,” calling into question whether or not different mystical elements in different religious faith traditions may be compared with one another. This perspective is typified in the latest works of Boaz Huss,...