Mysticism in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Searching for Oneness

Mysticism in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Searching for Oneness

Ori Z. Soltes (Author)

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Throughout the ages and across religious traditions, people have yearned to personally experience God and deeply connect with the Creator. In Mysticism in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Ori Z. Soltes traces the sweep of mysticism-this search for oneness with God-throughout the three Abrahamic traditions. This unique comparative overview begins with a definition of mysticism and a discussion of its place within religion as a whole.

Soltes then explores the history of mysticism from Biblical times through the present day, highlighting the emergence of mysticism within the three traditions and how beliefs and practices converge and diverge over time. The final chapters discuss the growing interest in mysticism today through practices such as Kabbalah and how people publicly express their private encounters with God through art, literature, and other modern media.

Introduction: What is Mysticism?
Chapter 1 The Birth and Development of the Abrahamic Faiths
Chapter 2 The Roots of Judaism and Christianity
Chapter 3 The Emergence of Jewish Mystical Thought
Chapter 4 Early Christian Mysticism
Chapter 5 A Third Player on the Stage: Muslim Mysticism from the Qur'an to Ibn 'Arabi
Chapter 6 Medieval Jewish Mysticism form Merkavah to Kabbalah
Chapter 7 Medieval Christian Mysticism from Assisi to Avila
Chapter 8 The Spread of and Variety within Sufism
Chapter 9 Variations within Jewish and Christian Mysticism from the Renaissance through Emancipation
Chapter 10 Still Searching: The Persistence of Mysticism in the Modern Era
Chapter 11 Unfinished Epilogues
Suggestions for Further Reading

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Published	Aug 07 2008
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	352
ISBN	9780742562769
Imprint	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions	240 x 161 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

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Ori Z. Soltes

This book is brilliant, learned, insightful, and of great importance at this time of religious tension.

Karen Armstrong, author of A History of God
Ori Soltes' book represents a breakthrough in the teaching of comparative mysticism. The author transforms the esoteric into the comprehensible and affords the reader a window into a subject which has heretofore been the possession of an eclectic minority. Soltes' writing style is scintillating and captivating.

Rabbi Harold S. White, Georgetown University
Recommended. Two-star review.

Choice Reviews
Ori Soltes writes with deep understanding, broad learning, and a flair for making history and ideas come alive. He shows the common quest for transcendence in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim mysticism from antiquity to the present and brings the three traditions into dialogue with each other, something they could not do themselves. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and contemporary spirituality.

David Ariel, Baltimore Hebrew University, author of Kabbalah