Mystics
Subtitle: Presence and Aporia (Religion and Postmodernism Series)
Contributors: Michael Kessler (Editor); Christian Sheppard (Editor)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: December 15, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780226432090
Subjects: Philosophy; Religion & Beliefs; Religion; Sociology; Mysticism; Sociology of Religion; Social Science / Sociology of Religion; General; Congresses; History
First sentence: A certain lack of awareness or even a hint of provocation is needed these days in order to dare to use the term "mystic," especially in the academic domain where rationalism seems to encompass every possible form of rationality.