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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"mystical theology"”.
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The mystical theology of Peter Sterry : a study in neoplatonist Puritanism
Peter Sterry (1613-72) was a complex and fascinating man living amid tumultuous times. Largely neglected and ignored by historians and philosophers in the centuries since his death, Sterry nonetheless deserves attention as an impmtant member of the Cambridge Platonist movement, a key forerunner of …
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Sociality and the Mystical Theology of ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī (d. 1143/1731)
… explores ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī’s mystical theology in relation to his sociality: his associations, interactions and companionships with others. Nābulusī is arguably the most prolific Muslim author of the early modern period. Yet, he remains insufficiently studied, particularly …
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Word and Presence: The Role of Scripture in the Formation and Reformation of Mystical Theology, 1200–1580
… Christians sought the presence of God through mystical contemplation, which offered a foretaste of the beatitude that the saints in heaven were believed to enjoy eternally. As such, mystical contemplation occupied a privileged place in late medieval religious culture. The scriptures played an …
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My lover, my god: the role of gender in the mystical theology of The Cloud of Unknowing
The fourteenth-century mystical text, The Cloud of Unknowing, has received much scholarly attention through the years, yet scholars rarely take notice of the role of gender in the Cloud-author's theology. The text may be written by a male priest to a presumably male novice, but we can in no way …
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Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Marion on the (im)possibility of negative theology.
… Marion argue the impossibility of negative theology. For Derrida, negative theology operates via “denegations” that lead to a hyper-theology affirming God as hyperousious. “Mystical theology” embodies this hyper-movement and, so, is no longer apophatic. For Marion, negative theology is not …
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Love in Separation: An exploration of longing in devotion (Viraha-Bhakti) in the Hindu and Christian faiths.
… in academic research, this study in comparative theology presents an opportunity for scholarly engagement and for favourably contributing to interreligious dialogue. In the religiously pluralistic setting of the twenty-first century, reciprocal learning across religions can lead to a more …
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The nature of Christian mysticism in the thought of Baron von Huegell and George Tyrrell
… They helped to retrieve the central concerns of mystical theology after a retreat from mysticism which had affected the Church since the condemnation of Quietism in 1699. Their account of Christian mysticism, which involved a critique of Buddhism, neo-Platonism and pantheism, rested on a …
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TRANSCENDING THE FEMININE: NEGOTIATING GENDER IN THE MYSTICISM OF IBN AL-‘ARABĪ AND FRANCIS OF ASSISI
… how "the feminine" functions in the systematic mystical theology of Ibn al-ʿArabī (1165-1240) begin, in English, with Reynold Nicholson's early 20th century analysis of Tarjumān al-Ashwāq and extend through the work of dozens of scholars since then, most notably Henry Corbin, Toshihiko Izutsu, …
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A mother of light in the age of Enlightenment: Heterodoxy, interiority, and epistemology in eighteenth-century New Spain
… texts, including devotionaries, treatises on mystical theology, artistic treatises, archival materials, council proceedings, and other resources. The areas of contention that I study are principally three: (1) heterodoxy; (2) interiority and exteriority; and (3) epistemology. In each of these …