Mysticism and Sacred Scripture
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: August 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780195097047
Subjects: Mysticism; Religion; Religion - Inspirational/Spirituality; Sacred books
First sentence: A review of the extant scholarly literature on mysticism-which ranges from William Jame's classic, pioneering work at the beginning of the twentieth century, through the studies of Evelyn Underhill, Rufus Jones, Baron Von Hugel, and Rufus Jones, to the near-contemporary and contemporary investigations of Walter T. Stace, R. C. Zaehner, Frits Staal, Ninian Smart, Nelson Pike, William Wainwright, Huston Smith, and Wayne Proudfoot (to name only the more prominent figures)-would reveal a nearly uniform neglect of the significance of sacred scriptures in the descriptive studies and the analytic discussions of these works.