The silent cry : mysticism and resistance /

"Mysticism, in the sense of a "longing for God," has been present in all times, cultures, and religions. But Soelle believes it has never been more important than in this age of materialism and fundamentalism. The antiauthoritarian mystical element in each religion leads to community...

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Main Author: Sölle, Dorothee
Format: Book
Language:English
German
Created: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Mysticism.
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Table of Contents:
  • PART I: WHAT IS MYSTICISM? : We are all mystics
  • Ecstasy
  • Definitions, methods, delimitations
  • Finding another language
  • The journey
  • PART II: PLACES OF MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE: Nature
  • Eroticism
  • Suffering
  • Community
  • Joy
  • PART III: MYSTICISM IS RESISTANCE: As if we lived in a liberated world
  • Ego and ego-lessness
  • Possession and possession-lessness
  • Violence and nonviolence
  • A mysticism of liberation
  • Afterword: a conversation.

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