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

• Autore: Clooney Francis X (Francis Xavier), <1950->
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Disciplina: 261.2/45
• Soggetto topico: Sri Vaishnava (Sect) - Relations - Catholic Church; Visistadvaita; Love - Religious aspects; God (Christianity) - Worship and love; Spiritual life
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Beyond compare
• ISBN: 1-58901-650-5; 1-4356-7468-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808372303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II