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is a fully revised translation of the original French edition and contains an extensive new Appendix with previously unpublished selections from his letters and other private writings.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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... Moral Divergences Alternations in 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 ...
... Moral Divergences Alternations in 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 ...
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... moral one and which is to indicate our awareness of the immense disproportion between divine grace and human impotence. To entreat God to grant us a favor already promised amounts to recognizing that the gift is undeserved, that the ...
... moral one and which is to indicate our awareness of the immense disproportion between divine grace and human impotence. To entreat God to grant us a favor already promised amounts to recognizing that the gift is undeserved, that the ...
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... moral, and even mystical values. If Evangelicalism—to use the term favored by Luther—were located in a world such as that of Hinduism, it would appear as a possible way and would no doubt be considered a secondary darshana among others ...
... moral, and even mystical values. If Evangelicalism—to use the term favored by Luther—were located in a world such as that of Hinduism, it would appear as a possible way and would no doubt be considered a secondary darshana among others ...
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... moral and mystical value cannot be denied; this accentuation was necessary in the West, and since Rome would not take it upon itself, it is Wittenberg that did so. In connection with Protestant quasi-iconoclasm, we would point out that ...
... moral and mystical value cannot be denied; this accentuation was necessary in the West, and since Rome would not take it upon itself, it is Wittenberg that did so. In connection with Protestant quasi-iconoclasm, we would point out that ...
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... moral indigence and remedy this indigence gradually . For Luther faith ennobles even insignificant actions , except for sins of course ; faith for him is a kind of sanctity , and indeed it is the only sanctity possible . But what his ...
... moral indigence and remedy this indigence gradually . For Luther faith ennobles even insignificant actions , except for sins of course ; faith for him is a kind of sanctity , and indeed it is the only sanctity possible . But what his ...
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 |
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