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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808372303321

Autore

Clooney Francis X (Francis Xavier), <1950->

Titolo

Beyond compare : St. Francis de Sales and Śrī Vedanta Desika on loving surrender to God / / Francis X. Clooney, SJ

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-58901-650-5

1-4356-7468-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Disciplina

261.2/45

Soggetti

Śrī Vaishṇava (Sect) - Relations - Catholic Church

Viśiṣṭādvaita

Love - Religious aspects

God (Christianity) - Worship and love

Spiritual life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-253) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Two Spiritual Classics and the Possibilities They Present; Chapter 2 Thinking, Writing, Reading: Finding a Path to Loving Surrender; Chapter 3 Awakening: Reading and Learning on the Way to God; Chapter 4 Loving Surrender: Insight, Drama, and Ecstasy; Chapter 5 As We Become Ourselves: On the Ethics of Loving Surrender and of Persistence in Reading; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Beyond Compare is a remarkable work that offers a commentary on spiritual learning for the twenty-first century rooted in two classic texts from the Hindu and Christian traditions: the Essence of the Three Auspicious Mysteries by Sri Vedanta Desika and Treatise on the Love of God by St. Francis de Sales. In his commentary, Clooney achieves multiple goalsùthe book is a contribution to Christian spiritual theology, highlighting for today the beautiful insights into love by St. Francis de Sales (1567-1623), Doctor of the Church. At the same time it points out how even in our world of many religio