02762nam 2200673Ia 450 991015475760332120200520144314.00-88920-769-010.51644/9780889207691(CKB)2430000000002473(EBL)685676(OCoLC)753479511(SSID)ssj0000382714(PQKBManifestationID)12103716(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000382714(PQKBWorkID)10395643(PQKB)10017057(MiAaPQ)EBC685676(CaPaEBR)402536(CaBNvSL)jme00326896 (MiAaPQ)EBC3246213(OCoLC)933516537(MdBmJHUP)muse48083(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/7758j3(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/402536(DE-B1597)667441(DE-B1597)9780889207691(EXLCZ)99243000000000247319840315d1983 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe moral mystic /James R. Horne1st ed.Waterloo, Ont., Canada Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion by Wilfrid Laurier University Pressc19831 online resource (145 p.)SR supplements ;14Includes index.0-88920-149-8 Bibliography: p. [125]-129.Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter I. Mysticism and the Amoral Life; Chapter II. Some Important Distinctions; Chapter III. Mysticism and the Moral Life; Chapter IV. Religion and Morality; Notes; Bibliography; Index Mysticism is condemned as often as it is praised. Much of the condemnation comes from mysticism's apparent disregard of morality and ethics. For mystics, the experience of ""union"" transcends all moral concern. In this careful examination of the works of such practitioners or examiners of mysticism as Paul Tillich, Thomas Merton, Evelyn Underhill, and Martin Buber, the author posits a spectrum of uneasy relationships between mysticism and morality. Horne explores the polarities of apophatic (imageless) and imaginative mysticism, the contemplative and the active life, and morality and amorSR supplements ;14.MysticismReligious ethicsMysticism.Religious ethics.200Horne James R.1931-1136699Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154757603321The Moral Mystic2858745UNINA