Despite the recent ferocious public debate about belief, the concept most central to the discussion "God" frequently remains vaguely and obscurely described. Are those engaged in these arguments even talking about the same thing? In a wide-ranging response to this confusion, esteemed scholar David Bentley Hart pursues a clarification of how the word "God" functions in the world's great theistic faiths. Ranging broadly across Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Vedantic and Bhaktic Hinduism, Sikhism, and Buddhism, Hart explores how these great intellectual traditions treat humanity's knowledge of the divine mysteries. Constructing his argument around three principal metaphysical "moments"--Being, consciousness, and bliss- the author demonstrates an essential continuity between our fundamental experience of reality and the ultimate reality to which that experience inevitably points.
Is Jesus himself only a “ temple image ” or even an “ encumbrance " ? Does the most conducive of images turn in the contemplative's experience into the most subtle of idols ? And anyway , even if Jesus appears ...
Religious Experience in Contemporary Society
This collection includes sermons, letters and quotations that give excellent insight into his theology.
Griffin's Panentheism and Scientific Naturalism is an essential source for philosophers of religion and others seeking to reconcile faith with science and Christianity with other religions.
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We , however , intend the phrase to be wide enough to include what Buber was concerned to include . See Martin Buber , I and Thou , ed . and trans . Walter Kaufmann ( New York : Charles Scribner's , 1970 ) . regularly or even seem to ...
This little book is a mini-biography of Catherine as told through these selections of her writings, highlighting her love for Christin the poor, her intercession for the church and her deep contemplation of the mysteries of our faith.
Chassée de la Russie en 1918 par les révolutionnaires qui venaient de renverser le tsar, Catherine de Hueck gagne péniblement l'Amérique.
How is religious experience to be identified, described, analyzed and explained?
Ils ( les esprits ) ont dit : « Tourne à droite » . Peut - être quelque chose traîne dehors , ne trébuche pas . « Va tout droit et puis à droite et là , tourne vers le nord » . Là j'ai vu des montagnes , une rue , des palissades ...