Islam, Christianity and the Mystic Journey : : A Comparative Exploration / / Ian Richard Netton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Netton, Ian Richard,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)

This distinctive comparison of Islamic and Christian mysticism focuses on the mystic journey in the two faith traditions - the journey which every believer must make and which leads to the Divine.The author clears away misconceptions and highlights similarities and differences in the thought and lives of six key mystics: Al-Kalabadhi, Al-Daylami, Al-Qushayri, Julian of Norwich, Thomas à Kempis and Teresa of Avila. He considers the ways of Perfection on the Mystic Path and asks in what ways these authors have embarked on the mystic journey. He looks at the themes they have in common, as well as their differences, and asks how they envisage the concept of 'union' with the Deity.Readers will gain a broad understanding of the interdisciplinary and intertextual nature of the subject, as well its the diverse intellectual and historical contexts.Key Features Highly interdisciplinary: embraces both Eastern and Western mystical traditionsSurveys themes as diverse as secular chivalry and union with the Divine Examines the role of al-Khidr/ al-Khadir/ Elijah/ Elias/ St George in both the Islamic and Christian mystical traditionsConsiders the negative and positive articulations of each traditionAssesses and compares three major Islamic and three major Christian mysticsA companion volume to Islam, Christianity and Tradition: A Comparative Exploration by Ian R. Netton (978 0 7486 2392 1)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 EXPLORING THE MYSTICAL IMAGINATION: PERFECTION AND ITS QUINQUE VIAE -- 1.1 The Sacred Way -- 1.2 The Secular Way -- 1.3 The Mystic Way -- 1.4 The Way of English Chivalry -- 1.5 The Way of Sufi Chivalry -- 1.6 Secular and Sacred: Linking the Ways of Perfection -- 2 CAVES, CLOUDS AND MOUNTAINS: THE APOPHATIC TRADITION -- 2.1 Caves -- 2.2 Clouds -- 2.3 Mountain Caves of Knowledge and Revelation -- 3 THE MYSTIC TELOS: CATAPHATIC AND ECSTATIC TRADITIONS -- 3.1 G uidebooks to Paradise: A Traveller’s Bookshelf Surveyed -- 3.2 Islamic -- 3.3 Christian -- 4 JOURNEY’S END: TOWARDS AN ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE WAY -- 4.1 T he Realm of Mystic Colour -- 4.2 T he Realm of al-Kha∂ir/Elijah and the Mystic Journey -- 4.3 T he Realm of the Mystic Telos -- Notes -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index