Orientalism : Early Sources (Volume VIII) - The Mystics of Islam

Title: Orientalism : Early Sources (Volume VIII) - The Mystics of Islam
Author: Reynold A. Nicholson
ISBN: 0415510651 / 9780415510653
Format: Soft Cover
Pages: 188
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2011
Availability: 2 to 3 weeks.

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If Judaism, Christianity and Islam have no little in common in spite of their deep dogmatic differences, the spiritual content of that common element can best be appreciated in Jewish, Christian and Islamic mysticism, which bears equal testimony to that ever-deepening experience of the soul when the spiritual worshipper, whether he be follower of Moses or Jesus of Mohammed, turns whole-heartedly to God.

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Introduction

Chapter 1 : The Path
Chapter 2 : Illumination and Ecstasy
Chapter 3 : The Gnosis
Chapter 4 : Divine Love
Chapter 5 : Saints and Miracles
Chapter 6 : The Unitive State

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Index