From Idol to Icon: The Problem of Divine Naming in Comparative Perspective
ReligionsNaming the divine exposes a structural tension: language makes the transcendent intelligible only by confining it within humanly constructed measures. Jean-Luc Marion identifies this risk as conceptual idolatry, opposing the conceptual idol to the icon ...
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Benedictine Monasticism and Mysticism
, 2013 This essay will suggest the main elements of western monastic mysticism as found in its classic texts. Among them is the Rule of Benedict (RB), whose few but precious references to spiritual experience place it firmly within a literary tradition based on
Stewart, Columba
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Transformative Light and Luminous Traditions in Early Christian Mysticism and Monasticism
Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 2015 The article deals with the use of light as a metaphor as well as an expression of divine presence in two different early Christian contexts, the sayings of the desert fathers, and the writings of early Christian mystics, and shows how they share the same
Samuel Rubenson
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On the need for metaphysics in psychedelic therapy and research. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2023 Sjöstedt-Hughes P.
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The Mysticism of Richard Rolle of Hampole: An Historical Study of Causes and Influences [PDF]
, 1973 Christian mysticism, by theological definition, is the life of contemplative prayer and meditation by which a person achieves a supernatural love and knowledge of God as he really is.
Weber, John B.
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Sense of coherence and religion/spirituality: A systematic review and meta-analysis based on a methodical classification of instruments measuring religion/spirituality. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Jeserich F +3 more
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, 1992 While \u27mysticism\u27 typically involves some experience in which the mystic attains a particular insight or understanding (whether through contemplation, prayer or immediate illumination), there is no acceptable comprehensive characterization of ...
Davis, G. Scott
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Stress Reduction by Yoga versus Mindfulness Training in Adults Suffering from Distress: A Three-Armed Randomized Controlled Trial including Qualitative Interviews (RELAX Study). [PDF]
J Clin Med, 2022 Fischer JM +11 more
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Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 2013 Christian mysticism is commonly understood as a spirituality that stresses the presence of Christ within the be liever and the experience thereof. In areas where the Reformation gained influence, mystical spirituality was for warded by Martin Luther and ...
Christian Braw
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Secular Mysticism: Entanglements of Science and Religion in Psychedelic Medicine. [PDF]
Cult Med PsychiatrySeale-Feldman A.
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