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Jewish, Christian, and Islamic mystical perspectives on the love of God / edited by Sheelah Treflé Hidden.

Contributor(s): Treflé Hidden, Sheelah [editor.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: 188 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781137443311 (alk. paper); 1137443316 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Mysticism | Spirituality | Contemplation | God -- Love | God -- Worship and love | Religions -- RelationsDDC classification: 204/.22 LOC classification: BL625 | .T745 2014Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Between task and gift: Jews, Christians, Muslims, and a spirituality of dialogue / Michael Barnes -- Maimonides spirituality: intellectual mysticism and the love of God / Jonathan Gorsky -- Exchange of life: the love of God in the Orthodox Christian tradition / Andreas Andreopoulos -- The metaphysics of oneness and sanctifying love in Islamic mysticism / Reza Shaw-Kazemi -- The love of God in the Jewish mystical tradition: mysticism of freedom and commemoration versus mysticism of hope and redemption / Rachel Elior -- The uniting of wisdom of love: the story of a late medieval controversy / Denys Turner -- Themes of love in Islamic mystical theology / William C. Chittick.

"The collection of papers in this book is the fruit of a conference held at Heythrop College of the University of London on October 5, 2011."--Introduction

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Between task and gift: Jews, Christians, Muslims, and a spirituality of dialogue / Michael Barnes -- Maimonides spirituality: intellectual mysticism and the love of God / Jonathan Gorsky -- Exchange of life: the love of God in the Orthodox Christian tradition / Andreas Andreopoulos -- The metaphysics of oneness and sanctifying love in Islamic mysticism / Reza Shaw-Kazemi -- The love of God in the Jewish mystical tradition: mysticism of freedom and commemoration versus mysticism of hope and redemption / Rachel Elior -- The uniting of wisdom of love: the story of a late medieval controversy / Denys Turner -- Themes of love in Islamic mystical theology / William C. Chittick.

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