Christianity/Islam: Perspectives on Esoteric Ecumenism : a New Translation with Selected LettersWorld Wisdom, Inc, 2008 - 267 páginas Schuon's articles on the relationship between Christianity and Islam have profound implications in the field of inter-religious dialogue. Several thought-provoking chapters shed light, from an inward dimension, upon the apparent outward contradictions between these two religions, notably in the field of moral divergences. This new edition is a fully revised translation of the original French edition and contains an extensive new Appendix with previously unpublished selections from his letters and other private writings. |
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... Truth underlying the diverse religions. This Truth, often referred to as the Sophia Perennis—or Perennial Wisdom—finds its expression in the revealed Scriptures as well as the writings of the great sages and the artistic creations of ...
... Truth underlying the diverse religions. This Truth, often referred to as the Sophia Perennis—or Perennial Wisdom—finds its expression in the revealed Scriptures as well as the writings of the great sages and the artistic creations of ...
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... truth”. The Apostles continued along this way, as did the Desert Fathers, but little by little worshiping “in spirit and in truth” gave way to increasingly numerous observances, though without one possibility precluding the other;1 thus ...
... truth”. The Apostles continued along this way, as did the Desert Fathers, but little by little worshiping “in spirit and in truth” gave way to increasingly numerous observances, though without one possibility precluding the other;1 thus ...
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... truths, of course, but they are unsuited for sacred use because of their excessively analytical 5 character and because they possess a quality that is in. In many cases vernacular languages run the risk of becoming the instruments of ...
... truths, of course, but they are unsuited for sacred use because of their excessively analytical 5 character and because they possess a quality that is in. In many cases vernacular languages run the risk of becoming the instruments of ...
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... truth.” To claim that the ancient and normal, or sacerdotal and hence aristocratic, liturgy simply expresses a “time” is radically false for two reasons: first because a time amounts to nothing and explains nothing, at least in the ...
... truth.” To claim that the ancient and normal, or sacerdotal and hence aristocratic, liturgy simply expresses a “time” is radically false for two reasons: first because a time amounts to nothing and explains nothing, at least in the ...
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... truth as such. To simplify the matter we could limit ourselves to pointing out that the first kind of heresy manifests a spiritual archetype—in a limited manner, no doubt, but nonetheless efficaciously—whereas the second is merely a ...
... truth as such. To simplify the matter we could limit ourselves to pointing out that the first kind of heresy manifests a spiritual archetype—in a limited manner, no doubt, but nonetheless efficaciously—whereas the second is merely a ...
Contenido
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The Problem of Moral Divergences | 57 |
Alternations in Semitic Monotheism | 65 |
The Idea of The Best in Religions | 91 |
3333 | 101 |
23 | 112 |
Paradise as Theophany | 169 |
Atomism and Creation | 175 |
On the Divine Will | 181 |
Selections from Letters and Other Previously | 189 |
The Spiritual Virtues according to Saint Francis of Assisi | 209 |
Editors Notes | 215 |
Glossary of Foreign Terms and Phrases | 245 |
Index | 257 |
Dilemmas of Muslim Scholasticism | 133 |
Biographical Notes | 267 |
Términos y frases comunes
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