Bargaining with Baraka: Persian Sufism, "mysticism," and pre-modern...

The Muslim World;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......the world, but not of it." Beyond "Mysticism": The Legacy of William James, Margaret...played by Sufis, the study of Islamic mysticism continues to borrow theoretical frameworks which relegate mysticism to a privatized realm, focusing on...

The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance

Interpretation;  July 1, 2002 ;     382 words ...The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance by Dorothee Soelle Fortress...being at one with every living thing [mysticism] and the resistance against the machine...underpinnings for understanding what mysticism is, points toward relationships through...

The Body Racked with Pain: Hopkins's Dark Sonnets.(English poet Gerard...

ANQ;  September 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ......interpretations of the dark sonnets as an indication of Hopkins's loss of faith. The terrible sonnets are not revelations...continual spiritual-psychological struggle evident in Hopkins's life, which he calls ENG: encagement, naturation...specific, short-term, climactic eruptions of ENG in Hopkins' life, ...

Exploring Unseen Worlds: William James and the Philosophy of Mysticism

Anglican Theological Review;  April 1, 1998 ;     609 words ......William James and the Philosophy of Mysticism. By G. William Barnard. Albany, NY: State...explosion of philosophical interest in mysticism, and the indebtedness of that interest...treatment of James's own thoughts on mysticism. G. William Barnard widens the picture...

Beholders of Divine Secrets: Mysticism and Myth in the Hekhalot and...

The Catholic Biblical Quarterly;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......DAPHNE ARBEL, Beholders of Divine secrets: Mysticism and Myth in the Hekhalot and Merkavah...integrate them with theories of myth and mysticism. Her aim is a "close literary-phenomenological...conceptual territory through the use of "mysticism" and "myth" as academic paradigms. Hekhalot...

Into the Region of Awe: Mysticism in C. S. Lewis

Trinity Journal;  April 1, 2006 ;     541 words ...David C. Downing. Into the Region of Awe: Mysticism in C. S. Lewis. Downers Grove: InterVarsity...from writing an entire book on Lewis and mysticism. To accomplish this feat, Downing must...and the motifs and images related to mysticism that occur in his books. All of these...

Whispers of faith: Mysticism makes a big comeback in 21st century...

Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho);  May 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ......cite anecdotal evidence that interest in mysticism has been steadily increasing. During...Catholicism and Islam have long traditions of mysticism, and it is officially accepted doctrine...Protestantism has relatively little background in mysticism, yet experts say that's where mysticism...

The Harvest of Mysticism in Medieval Germany.(Book review)

Theological Studies;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...THE HARVEST OF MYSTICISM IN MEDIEVAL GERMANY. Volume 4 of The...God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism. By Bernard McGinn. New York: Crossroad...masterful History of Western Christian Mysticism. This volume was to round out the Middle...

Understanding mysticism.

The Psychological Record;  September 22, 1997 ;     700+ words ......pages. The philosophical category of mysticism encompasses many different traditions...the end to which they are aimed: All mysticisms are inevitably drawn to the same end...the end. Providing an understanding of mysticism, therefore, entails more than merely...

THE FLOWERING OF MYSTICISM: MEN AND WOMEN IN THE NEW...

Theological Studies;  June 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...THE FLOWERING OF MYSTICISM: MEN AND WOMEN IN THE NEW MYSTICISM--1200-1350. By Bernard McGinn. The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism. New York: Crossroad, 1998. Pp. xiv + 526. $60; $29...

Culture: Hopkins' human side wins through; Anthony Hopkins tells Robin...

The Birmingham Post (England);  January 23, 2004 ;     700+ words ......they give each other is really profound.' The fact that Hopkins is playing a man who is keeping a powerful secret about...man, he's actually a light-skinned African-American. Hopkins's blue eyes were dealt with by contact lenses, and his...sort out your own character and just play it,' says Hopkins. Now ...

Islam and mysticism in Indonesia

New Straits Times;  August 7, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Straits Times 08-07-2000 Islam and mysticism in Indonesia Byline: Shamsul Akmar...have managed to intertwine Islam and mysticism. This may be a local phenomenon, but the combination of Islam and mysticism has caught the imagination of those...

The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance.(Brief Article)

Theological Studies;  September 1, 2002 ;     336 words ......overriding concern is the democratization of mysticism, reopening the mystic sensibility that...within cultures. In part 1 ( What Is Mysticism? ) S. displays the breadth of her research...experiences of God and neighbor. In part 3 ( Mysticism Is Resistance ) S. delivers a passionate...

WHAT IS MYSTICISM? ; A workshop this month will explore the subject

Dayton Daily News;  March 1, 2008 ;     377 words ......will address the realm of miracles, mysticism and other existential questions at his workshop titled "What is Mysticism?" from 1 to 4:30 p.m. March 15. "Of...people at Celebration of Life are into mysticism and miracles," Mohn said. "Dr. Mundy...

Mysticism for Beginners

Poetry;  December 1, 1998 ;     520 words ...Mysticism for Beginners, by Adam Zagajewski. Translated from the...differently," writes the Polish poet Adam Zagajewski in Mysticism for Beginners, his third translated collection. This...finest perceptions with only an "elementary course" in mysticism. The path to understanding necessarily remains ...