Christianity/Islam: Perspectives on Esoteric Ecumenism : a New Translation with Selected LettersSchuon's articles on the relationship between Christianity and Islam have profound implications in the field of inter-religious dialogue. Several thought-provoking chapters shed light, from an inward dimension, upon the apparent outward contradictions between these two religions, notably in the field of moral divergences. This new edition is a fully revised translation of the original French edition and contains an extensive new Appendix with previously unpublished selections from his letters and other private writings. |
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... message. The breadth of Schuon's erudition can be somewhat daunting, especially for those not accustomed to reading philosophical and reli- gious works. The pages of his books contain numerous allusions to traditional theological ...
... message. The breadth of Schuon's erudition can be somewhat daunting, especially for those not accustomed to reading philosophical and reli- gious works. The pages of his books contain numerous allusions to traditional theological ...
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... message into practice ; this is the most flagrant as well as the most ruinous error imaginable in this realm . The following remarks should be made regarding the question of 5 On the Margin of Liturgical Improvisations.
... message into practice ; this is the most flagrant as well as the most ruinous error imaginable in this realm . The following remarks should be made regarding the question of 5 On the Margin of Liturgical Improvisations.
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... message of the liturgy, or its sufficient reason, lies precisely outside and beyond temporal contingencies. If one enters a sanctuary, it is to escape from time; it is to find an atmosphere of the “heavenly Jeru- salem”, which delivers ...
... message of the liturgy, or its sufficient reason, lies precisely outside and beyond temporal contingencies. If one enters a sanctuary, it is to escape from time; it is to find an atmosphere of the “heavenly Jeru- salem”, which delivers ...
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... Message is the doctrine of justification through faith, which Luther made the pivot of the religion, or more precisely of his mysticism. _. 6. _. 5 Hinduism—without mentioning the Mediterranean paganisms—furnishes another example of this ...
... Message is the doctrine of justification through faith, which Luther made the pivot of the religion, or more precisely of his mysticism. _. 6. _. 5 Hinduism—without mentioning the Mediterranean paganisms—furnishes another example of this ...
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... message of Luther is expressed essentially in two legacies, which attest to the personality of the author and to which it is impos- sible to deny grandeur and efficaciousness: the German Bible and the hymns. His translation of the ...
... message of Luther is expressed essentially in two legacies, which attest to the personality of the author and to which it is impos- sible to deny grandeur and efficaciousness: the German Bible and the hymns. His translation of the ...
Contents
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The Problem of Moral Divergences | 57 |
Alternations in Semitic Monotheism | 65 |
The Idea of The Best in Religions | 91 |
3333 | 101 |
23 | 112 |
Paradise as Theophany | 169 |
Atomism and Creation | 175 |
On the Divine Will | 181 |
Selections from Letters and Other Previously | 189 |
The Spiritual Virtues according to Saint Francis of Assisi | 209 |
Editors Notes | 215 |
Glossary of Foreign Terms and Phrases | 245 |
Index | 257 |
Dilemmas of Muslim Scholasticism | 133 |
Biographical Notes | 267 |
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