While some believe that such a ministry involves active demonstration, others believe that through subtle action and kind words the ministry is conducted. Bibliography lists 2 sources. A 4 page paper looking at this thorny problem as analyzed by the writer of Genesis, St. Paul, and St. Augustine. Bibliography lists two sources. A 25 page research paper that tests the hypotheses that mysticism was practiced during the time of Jesus and that Jesus was a mystic.
Mysticism is defined with examples given of what mystics say about their experience.
Theology is linked definitively to mysticism. Examples of how mysticism was practiced during the time of Jesus are given using Biblical verses. Bibliography lists 20 sources. This 8 page paper provides an overview of some essential elements of the perspectives of Augustine, Aquinas, and Bonaventure as they relate to the philosophy of religion. Bibliography lists 10 sources.