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This book is an introductory study of mysticism in the Christian religion. It should be suitable for both general readers and college undergraduates. It provides both a theory of mysticism and surveys of its main contours in Buddhism and traditional religious cultures. It also suggests how readers may understand and appreciate what mysticism implies for their own lives. This book, therefore, is addressed not only to persons called Christian, but also to the ...
Everybody today speaks about the meeting of Christianity and the great non-Christian religions, and these observers include half-educated, educated and academic people. This speaking is far too vague and general. Academically trained people, especially most theologians, imagine too often that they can approach this meeting with handbook-knowledge about these religions. The historical development of Christian theology has not been neglected in the book, but ...