Form and substance in the religions

Description: This book, according to Seyyed Hossein Nasr, “is the second work of Schuon (following The Transcendent Unity) which is devoted primarily to comparative religion. Beginning with two essays on the distinction between truth and presence and form and substance in religions, the author then turns to major metaphysical studies of the most subtle nature concerning the distinction between Atma and maya and subject and object. He devotes several studies to specifically Islamic themes including Islamic understanding of Christ and Mary and two essays on Buddhism. The work concludes with another set of chapters which treat some of the most difficult theological and religious problem such as the question of theodicy, difficulties in sacred texts, paradoxes of spiritual expression, the effect of the human margin in revelation, and certain eschatological issues.” -- from publisher

Table of Contents: Preface
Introduction
Truth and Presence
Form and Substance in the Religions
Atmâ-Mâyâ
Substance, Subject, and Object
The Five Divine Presences
The Intersection of Time and Space in Koranic Onomatology
Insights into the Mohammedian Phenomenon
The Koranic Message of Seyyidnâ Aïssâ
The Virginal Doctrine
Synthesis of the Pâramitâs
A Note on the Feminine Element in Mahâyanâ
The Mystery of the Two Natures
The Question of Theodicies
Some Difficulties of Sacred Texts
Paradoxes of Spiritual Expression
The Human Margin
Remarks on a Problem of Eschatology
The Two Paradises
Index

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