03173nam 22006974a 450 991096390180332120200520144314.09781589016507158901650597814356746841435674685(CKB)1000000000541328(EBL)547787(OCoLC)648711571(SSID)ssj0000110863(PQKBManifestationID)11143289(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110863(PQKBWorkID)10065479(PQKB)10191959(OCoLC)565547646(MdBmJHUP)muse3272(Au-PeEL)EBL547787(CaPaEBR)ebr10292325(MiAaPQ)EBC547787(Perlego)949567(EXLCZ)99100000000054132820071212d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeyond compare St. Francis de Sales and Sri Vedanta Desika on loving surrender to God /Francis X. Clooney, SJ1st ed.Washington, D.C. Georgetown University Press20081 online resource (286 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781589012110 1589012119 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 studiesŚrī Vaishṇava (Sect)RelationsCatholic Church.Viśiṣṭādvaita.LoveReligious aspects.God (Christianity)Worship and love.Spiritual life261.2/45Clooney Francis X(Francis Xavier),1950-875926MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963901803321Beyond compare4353210UNINA