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Displaying records 181 through 190 of 657 |
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Price: $34.50
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Sale: $89.95
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Manufacturer: State Univ of New York Pr
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Andrew Weeks
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Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
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Dewey Decimal Number: 230.044092
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Publication Date: 1991-07
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Reading Level: 280
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Manufacturer: Galilee Trade
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Ruth Cranston
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Publisher: Galilee Trade
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Dewey Decimal Number: 232.917094478
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Publication Date: 1988-01-01
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Reading Level: 358
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Price: $95.00
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Sale: $69.63
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Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Dewey Decimal Number: 291.422
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Publication Date: 1997-12-04
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Reading Level: 264
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Description: This book is the sequel to Robert Forman's well-received collection, The Problem of Pure Consciousness (Oxford, 1990). The essays in the earlier volume argued that some mystical experiences do not seem to be formed or shaped by the language system--a thesis that stands in sharp contradistinction to deconstruction in general and to the "constructivist" school of mysticism in particular, which holds that all mysticism is the product of a cultural and linguistic process. In The Innate Capacity, Forman and his colleagues put forward a hypothesis about the formative causes of these "pure consciousness" experiences. All of the contributors agree that mysticism is the result of an innate human capacity, rather than a learned, socially conditioned and constructive process.
The innate capacity is understood in several different ways. Many perceive it as an expression of human consciousness per se, awareness itself. Some hold that consciousness should be understood as a built-in link to some hidden, transcendent aspect of the world, and that a mystical experience is the experience of that inherent connectedness. Another thesis that appears frequently is that mystics realize this innate capacity through a process of releasing the hold of the ego and the conceptual system. The contributors here look at mystical experience as it is manifested in a variety of religious and cultural settings, including Hindu Yoga, Buddhism, Sufism, and medieval Christianity. Taken together, the essays constitute an important contribution to the ongoing debate about the nature of human consciousness and mystical experience and its relation to the social and cultural contexts in which it appears.
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Price: $26.95
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Sale: $63.88
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Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: John Erskine
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Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
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Dewey Decimal Number: 110
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Publication Date: 1942-05-31
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Reading Level: 252
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Description: 1925. Helen's Return; The Younger Generation; Their Elders; Death and Birth; Helen's Beauty.
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Price: $117.00
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Sale: $74.38
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Manufacturer: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Jess Byron Hollenback
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Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
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Dewey Decimal Number: 291.422
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Publication Date: 1996-10
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Reading Level: 646
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Description: This study considers the writings of traditional and contemporary religious mystics. It argues that not only are the mystic's responses to experiences culturally and historically conditioned, but historical context and cultural environment shape the perceptual content of the mystic's experience.
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Price: $17.95
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Sale: $6.98
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Manufacturer: The Crossroad Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Tessa Bielecki
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Publisher: The Crossroad Publishing Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 282.092
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Publication Date: 1994-05-01
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Reading Level: 204
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Description: This book is a lucid introduction to the life and writings of St. Teresa of Avila, with special emphasis on what makes Teresa a model for contemporary men and women. Teresa was a highly erotic woman, brilliant administrator, consumate diplomat, faithful lover, and an insightful observer of the human condition.
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Price: $21.00
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Sale: $20.97
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Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: E. M. Cioran
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 235.2
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Publication Date: 1995-12-15
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Reading Level: 154
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Description: Cioran is best known for epigrammatic little books of philosophy that reflect a dour, pessimistic view of humanity in the wake of World War II and the Holocaust. As a young man, however, Cioran took a more cheerful view of the world, tempered by his enthusiastic study of ascetics and saints. Here he introduces us to the religious ideas of the Middle Ages, to luminaries like Catherine of Siena and Teresa of Avila. He also invites us to open ourselves to the possibilities of such ideas. "No obstacle is unsurmountable when angelic voices cheer you along," Cioran writes, encouragingly. "One does not hear voices in the cool breezes of calm thoughts, and angels speak only to musical ears."
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Price: $7.95
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Sale: $18.75
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Manufacturer: Our Sunday Visitor
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Margaret Bunson
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Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor
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Dewey Decimal Number: 282.092
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Publication Date: 1998-09
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Reading Level: 120
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Price: $9.95
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Sale: $7.50
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Manufacturer: Crossroad Pub Co
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Crossroad Pub Co
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Dewey Decimal Number: 305.4
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Publication Date: 1982-07
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Reading Level: 159
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Manufacturer: Harpercollins/STL
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Bede Griffiths
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Publisher: Harpercollins/STL
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Edition: New Ed
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Publication Date: 1992-03
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Reading Level: 304
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