Description |
1 online resource (xii, 304 pages). |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Numen book series,
0169-8834 ;
v. 107
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Studies in the history of religions ; 107.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-291) and index. |
Contents |
Acknowledgments; Chapter One Introduction: A Mystical Pluralist Theory of Mysticism; Chapter Two A Critique Of Constructivism; Chapter Three An Alternative Methodology: A Systems Approach To Consciousness; Chapter Four Doctrine and Practice in the Dzogchen Tradition; Chapter Five Doctrine And Practice In German Mysticism; Chapter Six Mystical Pluralism, Systems Theory, and the Unity of Mystical Traditions; Appendix A Defining 'Mysticism' and 'Mystical Experience'; Appendix B Remarks On Essentialist and Typological Approaches to Mysticism. |
Summary |
The book supports an ecumenical theory of mysticism through a comparative analysis of Tibetan Dzogchen and German mysticism. Using a systems model of consciousness as an interpretive framework, it shows how the distinct doctrines and practices of these two traditions function in parallal, equally transformative ways. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Mysticism -- Comparative studies.
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Mysticism -- Comparative studies. |
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Mysticism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.
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Mysticism. |
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China -- Tibet Autonomous Region. |
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Mysticism -- Germany.
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Germany. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Comparative studies.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Studstill, Randall. Unity of mystical traditions. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005 (DLC) 2005045715 |
ISBN |
9789047407218 (electronic book) |
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9047407210 (electronic book) |
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1433707128 |
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9781433707124 |
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9789004143197 (alkaline paper) |
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900414319X (alkaline paper) |
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1280867957 |
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9781280867958 |
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900414319X (alkaline paper) |
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