Sacred texts and mystic meaning: an inquiry into Christian spirituality and the interpretive use of the Bible by F. England

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Mystical perspectives in interreligious dialogue by K. Waaijman

“…This speech virtually represents the oldest Christian interfaith meeting in which there is a dialogue between religious Athenians and Paul. …”
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Mysticism: a way of unknowing by C. E. T. Kourie

“… The phenomenon of mysticism has been a cause of intense debate for philosophers, religionists, and theologians for centuries. …”
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Mysticism and the Reformation: a brief survey by B. McGinn

“… A number of influential theologians over the past two centuries have denied that Protestant Christianity has a place for mysticism understood as the mingling of the divine and human natures. …”
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God’s meaning is love: The mystical theology of Julian of Norwich by P. Sheldrake

“… This article focuses on the 14th-century English visionary mystic and theological writer, Julian of Norwich. …”
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Religious experience and sacred text by A. Holder

“…This article considers various ways in which the relationship between religious experience and sacred text has been construed in the Christian tradition. Beginning with biblical theophanies that represent religious experience in the sacred text, the article moves to early Christian reading practices that foster experience of the text, and then to medieval accounts of mystical revelations that treat experience as a text. …”
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Titus Brandsma: Getuige van God by J.M. Bos

“…His writings highlight three key aspects of mysticism that are closely related: mysticism is two-sided, nearby, and embodied. …”
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MINDFUL HAPPINESS NOWADAYS: by B Lemmelijn

“…Nevertheless, many of the intrinsic beautiful elements in this plethora of contemporary approaches simply are and have for ages been as much Judeo-Christian thinking and living. Indeed, we discern them in the monastic tradition, in medieval mysticism, in the (re-)new(ed) tendencies of Christian meditation, in the Biblical texts, and especially in Biblical Wisdom Literature. …”
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Contemplation and social transformation: the example of Thomas Merton by P. Sheldrake

“…The essay more broadly explores the theological basis for a coherence of mysticism and action in contrast to some misinterpretations of the Christian language of interiority. …”
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The resurrection as Christ's entry into his glory (Lk. 24:26) by Pieter G. R. de Villiers

“… This essay discusses some apocalyptic perspectives on Luke’s portrayal of the resurrection as Christ’s entry into his glory (Lk. 24:26) in order to point out its mystical nature. After a discussion of some recent developments in research on Luke’s Christology and apocalyptic literature, the importance of glory in Early Jewish and Christian apocalypses is discussed. …”
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The vision of divine light in Saint Gregory Palamas's theology by F. T. Tomoioagă

“…Directly linked to this topic are other adjacent issues, namely the Transfiguration of Christ, the intellectual and the mystical knowledge, the nature of the divine energies, the purpose of the Christian life, and so on. …”
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Komunia z Bogiem istotą chrześcijańskiego powołania by Jerzy Wiesław Gogola

“…Union with God constitutes the essence of the Christian calling for holiness. Only God is holy. If one wants to be holy, there is no other way from that to unite with God. …”
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Discernment - the compass on the high sea of spirituality by Kees Waaijman

“…It then analyses and evaluates discernment in the community of desert monks in the Christian tradition which illustrates the significance of discernment for spirituality. …”
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Stosunek religii do nauki. Punkt widzenia prawosławnego by Henryk Paprocki

“… Polish astronomer Konrad Rudnicki suggested that the so-called Copernican revolution, with far-reaching consequences for western Christianity, was hardly noticed in orthodoxy. In this case, the domain of discoveries and scientific truths remained distinct from the strictly theological domain. …”
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