03100nam 22006494a 450 991045317140332120200520144314.01-58901-650-51-4356-7468-5(CKB)1000000000541328(EBL)547787(OCoLC)648711571(SSID)ssj0000110863(PQKBManifestationID)11143289(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110863(PQKBWorkID)10065479(PQKB)10191959(MiAaPQ)EBC547787(OCoLC)565547646(MdBmJHUP)muse3272(Au-PeEL)EBL547787(CaPaEBR)ebr10292325(EXLCZ)99100000000054132820071212d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeyond compare[electronic resource] St. Francis de Sales and Śrī Vedanta Desika on loving surrender to God /Francis X. Clooney, SJWashington, D.C. Georgetown University Press20081 online resource (286 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-58901-211-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-253) and index.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; IndexBeyond 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 religioŚrī Vaishṇava (Sect)RelationsCatholic ChurchViśiṣṭādvaitaLoveReligious aspectsGod (Christianity)Worship and loveSpiritual lifeComparative studiesElectronic books.Śrī Vaishṇava (Sect)RelationsCatholic Church.Viśiṣṭādvaita.LoveReligious aspects.God (Christianity)Worship and love.Spiritual life261.2/45Clooney Francis X(Francis Xavier),1950-875926MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453171403321Beyond compare2053110UNINA