Mysticism in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Subtitle: searching for oneness
By: Ori Z. Soltes.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780742562769
Subjects: Mysticism; Mysticism -- Islam; Mysticism -- Judaism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: what is mysticism?; title: The birth and development of the Abrahamic faiths; title: The roots of Judaism and Christianity; title: The emergence of Jewish mystical thought; title: Early Christian mysticism; title: A third player on the stage: Muslim mysticism from the Qur'an to Ibn 'Arabi; title: Medieval Jewish mysticism form Merkavah to Kabbalah; title: Medieval Christian mysticism from Assisi to Avila; title: The spread of and variety within Sufism; title: Variations within Jewish and Christian mysticism from the Renaissance through emancipation; title: Still searching: the persistence of mysticism in the modern era; title: Unfinished epilogues.