PATHS TO THE HEART (Adobe Reader) ebook download

Paths to the Heart: Sufism and the Christian East

This book is a collection of essays concerning the mystical and contemplative dimensions of Eastern Christianity and Islam presented at the October 2001 conference on Hesychasm and Sufism at the University of South Carolina. Contributions from internationally recognized spiritual leaders and scholars include Bishop Kallistos Ware, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Huston Smith, James Cutsinger, William Chittick, John Chryssavgis, Gray Henry, Andrew Louth, and Reza Shah-Kazemi. Despite the long and well-known history of conflict between Christians and Muslims, their mystical traditions especially in the Christian East and in Sufism, have shared for centuries many of the same spiritual methods and goals. One thinks, for example, of the profound similarities between the practices of the Jesus Prayer among the Hesychast masters of the Philokalia and the Sufi practices of dhikr or invocation. These commonalities suggest the possibility for a deeper kind of religious dialogue than is customary in our day, a dialogue which seeks to foster what Frithjof Schuon has called inward or "esoteric" ecumenism, and which, while respecting the integrity of traditional dogmas and rites, "calls into play the wisdom which can discern the one sole Truth under the veil of different forms." The purpose of this book, the first major publication of its kind, is to promote precisely this more inward kind of ecumenical perspective. Contributors include some of the world's leading authorities on Christian and Muslim spirituality, including Bishop Kallistos Ware, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Huston Smith, James Cutsinger, Reverend John Chryssavgis, William Chittick and Reza Shah-Kazemi. Their essays point to a spiritual heart in which the deeper meaning of Christian and Muslim beliefs and practices come alive, and where spiritual pilgrims may discover, beyond the level of seemingly contradictory forms, an inner commonality with those who follow other paths.

Share your thoughts on the Paths to the Heart: Sufism and the Christian East ebook with other internet viewers!

Title of ebook: Paths to the Heart: Sufism and the Christian East
ISBN: 9780941532839
parent-ISBN: 9780941532433
Publisher: World Wisdom Books, Inc.
Internet download file size: 973 kb
Published: 11-2004
Released online for download: 11-29-2004
Editor: Cutsinger, James, S.

Format

Encrypted

Sku

ISBN

File size

Security

Printing

Copying

Read aloud

Devices

Digital Editions

Yes

0941532836

9780941532839

973 KB

n/a

5 pages every 14 days

5 selections to your clipboard every 14 days

No

Sys Requirments

Download reader

Other Religion eBooks Categories

Religion General (1426)

Bible (619)

Christianity (745)

Christian Life (948)

Genera (55)

Comparative Religion (73)

Devotional (104)

Eastern (173)

History (90)

Inspirational (309)

Institutions & Organizations (28)

Islam (126)

Judaism (152)

Leadership (36)

Meditations (28)

Philosophy (70)

Prayer (37)

Prayerbooks (24)

Reference (29)

Sermons (25)

Spirituality (208)

Theology (336)

Top eBooks in Comparative Religion

Comparative Mythology, Cultural and Social Studies and The Cultural Category- Factor Correlation Method: A New Approach to Comparative Cultural, Relig
by Ashby, Muata

Comparative Mythology, Cultural and Social Studies and The Cultural Category- Factor Correlation Method: A New Approach to Comparative Cultural, Relig...more

Best price: $17.95

A New Religious America
by Eck, Diana L., World

Why Understanding America's Religious Landscape Is the Most Important Challenge Facing Us Today

The 1990s saw the U.S. Navy commission its ...more

Best price: $12.24

A Deadly Misunderstanding
by Siljander, Mark D.

Former Congressman and Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Mark D. Siljander takes us on an eye-opening journey of personal, religious, and ...more

Best price: $17.51

The Approach of Armageddon

Customer review:
Sheik Hisham has done a wonderful job by writing this book. He has made a deep analysis of ancient prophecies of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) and he then compares them with current ...more

Best price: $18.58