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is a fully revised translation of the original French edition and contains an extensive new Appendix with previously unpublished selections from his letters and other private writings.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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... Semitic Monotheism Part Three : Islam The Idea of " The Best " in Religions vii 3333 13 23 57 65 Images of Islam Dilemmas of Muslim Scholasticism Paradise as Theophany Atomism and Creation On the Divine Will 91 115 133 169 175 181 ...
... Semitic Monotheism Part Three : Islam The Idea of " The Best " in Religions vii 3333 13 23 57 65 Images of Islam Dilemmas of Muslim Scholasticism Paradise as Theophany Atomism and Creation On the Divine Will 91 115 133 169 175 181 ...
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... Semitic and immersed in a climate of holy poverty, whereas the world of Catholicism is European, Roman, and imperial, which means that the religion was Romanized inasmuch as the characteristic traits of the Roman mentality determined ...
... Semitic and immersed in a climate of holy poverty, whereas the world of Catholicism is European, Roman, and imperial, which means that the religion was Romanized inasmuch as the characteristic traits of the Roman mentality determined ...
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... Semitic in spirit , he admitted only Revelation and faith and did not wish to hear of Aristotle or the Scholastics ... Semites adopted the Greek philosophers , but this is not the question , for the adoption was varied and unequal , not ...
... Semitic in spirit , he admitted only Revelation and faith and did not wish to hear of Aristotle or the Scholastics ... Semites adopted the Greek philosophers , but this is not the question , for the adoption was varied and unequal , not ...
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... individualism, which is not to be found in other forms of piety; it is a fact, however, that this attitude determines the entire perspective with Semitic peoples. Be that 40 Christianity/Islam: Perspectives on Esoteric Ecumenism.
... individualism, which is not to be found in other forms of piety; it is a fact, however, that this attitude determines the entire perspective with Semitic peoples. Be that 40 Christianity/Islam: Perspectives on Esoteric Ecumenism.
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... Semitic peoples. Be that as it may, the solution to the problem is the following, and it is furnished by esoterism, which always considers the simple nature of things: it is true that the individualistic sentiment of being saved can ...
... Semitic peoples. Be that as it may, the solution to the problem is the following, and it is furnished by esoterism, which always considers the simple nature of things: it is true that the individualistic sentiment of being saved can ...
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 |
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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 |
Common terms and phrases
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