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is a fully revised translation of the original French edition and contains an extensive new Appendix with previously unpublished selections from his letters and other private writings.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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... mercy and salvation . In this case the content of the prayer would be more subjective than objective ; it would not be a participation in the rite as such but in the attitude of the priest before God , and it is this that would confer ...
... mercy and salvation . In this case the content of the prayer would be more subjective than objective ; it would not be a participation in the rite as such but in the attitude of the priest before God , and it is this that would confer ...
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... mercy , hence in the will of God to save us , which is manifested precisely in the Eucharistic mystery . In the canon the Church makes these diverse notions and attitudes its own in order that it might be able to testify before God ...
... mercy , hence in the will of God to save us , which is manifested precisely in the Eucharistic mystery . In the canon the Church makes these diverse notions and attitudes its own in order that it might be able to testify before God ...
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... Mercy—a prodigy requiring and at the same time conferring the quasi-charism of saving Faith; in the case of Shiism, on the other hand, the accent is upon the Superman, who opens Heaven to earth. It could be said in a similar way that ...
... Mercy—a prodigy requiring and at the same time conferring the quasi-charism of saving Faith; in the case of Shiism, on the other hand, the accent is upon the Superman, who opens Heaven to earth. It could be said in a similar way that ...
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... Mercy he needed first the “ event of the tower ” : having meditated in vain on the “ Justice ” of God , he had the grace of understanding in a flash that this Justice is merciful and that it liberates us in and by faith . . : . The ...
... Mercy he needed first the “ event of the tower ” : having meditated in vain on the “ Justice ” of God , he had the grace of understanding in a flash that this Justice is merciful and that it liberates us in and by faith . . : . The ...
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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 |
Common terms and phrases
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