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The Moral Mystic

Mysticism is condemned as often as it is praised. Much of the condemnation comes from mysticism's apparent disregard of morality and ethics. For mystics, the experience of ""union"" transcends all moral concern. In this careful examination of the works of such practitioners...

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Autor principal: Horne, James R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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505 0 |a Preface; Introduction; Chapter I. Mysticism and the Amoral Life; Chapter II. Some Important Distinctions; Chapter III. Mysticism and the Moral Life; Chapter IV. Religion and Morality; Notes; Bibliography; Index. 
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