Christianity/Islam: Perspectives on Esoteric Ecumenism : a New Translation with Selected LettersSchuon's articles on the relationship between Christianity and Islam have profound implications in the field of inter-religious dialogue. Several thought-provoking chapters shed light, from an inward dimension, upon the apparent outward contradictions between these two religions, notably in the field of moral divergences. This new edition is a fully revised translation of the original French edition and contains an extensive new Appendix with previously unpublished selections from his letters and other private writings. |
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... Lutheran paradox, it would have been necessary for medieval Catholicism to be much more realistic, complex, and flexible in its mentality and structure; we shall speak of this again in another chapter of this book. to new conditions ...
... Lutheran paradox, it would have been necessary for medieval Catholicism to be much more realistic, complex, and flexible in its mentality and structure; we shall speak of this again in another chapter of this book. to new conditions ...
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... Lutheranism, which incontestably manifests a Christian possibility—a limited one, no doubt, and excessive through certain of its features, but not intrin- sically illegitimate and therefore representative of certain theological, moral ...
... Lutheranism, which incontestably manifests a Christian possibility—a limited one, no doubt, and excessive through certain of its features, but not intrin- sically illegitimate and therefore representative of certain theological, moral ...
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... Lutheran explosion by their impenitence ; after the failure — within the very framework of Catholic ortho- doxy — of Dante , Savonarola , and other admonishers , Luther caused the Catholic renovation by his virulence ; Providence willed ...
... Lutheran explosion by their impenitence ; after the failure — within the very framework of Catholic ortho- doxy — of Dante , Savonarola , and other admonishers , Luther caused the Catholic renovation by his virulence ; Providence willed ...
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... Lutheran attitude; Christ wanted one to worship God “in spirit and in truth” and to pray without using “vain repetitions, as the heathen do”; it is an emphasis on faith, with sincerity and intensity being pre- eminent. _. 6. _. The ...
... Lutheran attitude; Christ wanted one to worship God “in spirit and in truth” and to pray without using “vain repetitions, as the heathen do”; it is an emphasis on faith, with sincerity and intensity being pre- eminent. _. 6. _. The ...
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... Lutheran hymns that had become so popular they seemed as essential as the air one breathes. In summary, the whole personality of Luther is in his translation of the Psalms and in his famous hymn, “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” (Ein ...
... Lutheran hymns that had become so popular they seemed as essential as the air one breathes. In summary, the whole personality of Luther is in his translation of the Psalms and in his famous hymn, “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” (Ein ...
Contents
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The Problem of Moral Divergences | 57 |
Alternations in Semitic Monotheism | 65 |
The Idea of The Best in Religions | 91 |
3333 | 101 |
23 | 112 |
Paradise as Theophany | 169 |
Atomism and Creation | 175 |
On the Divine Will | 181 |
Selections from Letters and Other Previously | 189 |
The Spiritual Virtues according to Saint Francis of Assisi | 209 |
Editors Notes | 215 |
Glossary of Foreign Terms and Phrases | 245 |
Index | 257 |
Dilemmas of Muslim Scholasticism | 133 |
Biographical Notes | 267 |
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