Publication
Imprint: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011. Responsibility: Edited by William B. Parsons (William Barkley Parsons), see Table of Contents in Local Notes for contributors. OCLC Number: 691204190. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xii, 308 pages ; 24 cm. Features: Includes index.
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Commentary / Barcl
ISBN
9780199751198
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: The term mysticism has never been consistently defined or employed, either in religious traditions or in academic discourse. The essays in this volume offer ways of defining what mysticism is, as well as methods for grappling with its complexity in a classroom.
Table of Contents: Introduction --
Teaching mysticism: frame and content / William B. Parsons --
Teaching "Hindu mysticism" / Hugh B. Urban --
Mysticism before mysticism: teaching Christian mysticism as a historian of religion / April Deconick --
Teaching Chinese mysticism / Livia Kohn --
The mystical dimensions of Buddhism / David B. Gray --
Teaching Islam, teaching Islamic mysticism / David Cook --
Teaching Jewish mysticism: concealing the concealment and disclosure of secrets / Elliot R. Wolfson --
Chosen by the spirits: visionary ecology and indigenous wisdom / Lee Irwin --
Teaching African American mysticism / Joy R. Bostic --
Teaching experiential dimensions of western esotericism / Wouter J. Hanegraaff --
Teaching the graduate seminar in comparative mysticism: a participatory integral approach / Jorge N. Ferrer --
Teaching mysticism in dialogue with gender and embodiment at a Quaker seminary: a feminist approach / Stephanie Ford --
Mysticism, spirituality and the undergraduate: reflections on the use of psychosocial theory / William B. Parsons --
Mysticism in ecumenical dialogue: questions on the nature and effects of mystical experience / Michael Stoeber --
From "comparative mysticism" to "new age spirituality": teaching new age as raw materials of religion / Steven J. Sutcliffe --
Mystical education: social theory and pedagogical prospects / Philip Wexler --
Secrets in the seats: the erotic, the paranormal, and the free spirit / Jeffrey J. Kripal.
FY2017
Table of Contents: Introduction --
Teaching mysticism: frame and content / William B. Parsons --
Teaching "Hindu mysticism" / Hugh B. Urban --
Mysticism before mysticism: teaching Christian mysticism as a historian of religion / April Deconick --
Teaching Chinese mysticism / Livia Kohn --
The mystical dimensions of Buddhism / David B. Gray --
Teaching Islam, teaching Islamic mysticism / David Cook --
Teaching Jewish mysticism: concealing the concealment and disclosure of secrets / Elliot R. Wolfson --
Chosen by the spirits: visionary ecology and indigenous wisdom / Lee Irwin --
Teaching African American mysticism / Joy R. Bostic --
Teaching experiential dimensions of western esotericism / Wouter J. Hanegraaff --
Teaching the graduate seminar in comparative mysticism: a participatory integral approach / Jorge N. Ferrer --
Teaching mysticism in dialogue with gender and embodiment at a Quaker seminary: a feminist approach / Stephanie Ford --
Mysticism, spirituality and the undergraduate: reflections on the use of psychosocial theory / William B. Parsons --
Mysticism in ecumenical dialogue: questions on the nature and effects of mystical experience / Michael Stoeber --
From "comparative mysticism" to "new age spirituality": teaching new age as raw materials of religion / Steven J. Sutcliffe --
Mystical education: social theory and pedagogical prospects / Philip Wexler --
Secrets in the seats: the erotic, the paranormal, and the free spirit / Jeffrey J. Kripal.
FY2017
Physical description
xii, 308 p.; 24 cm
Description
The term ''mysticism'' has never been consistently defined or employed, either in religious traditions or in academic discourse. The essays in this volume offer ways of defining what mysticism is, as well as methods for grappling with its complexity in a classroom.
Language
Original language
English