Metaphor, Making and Mysticism - Couverture rigide

 
9781032169477: Metaphor, Making and Mysticism
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1032169478 ISBN 13 : 9781032169477
Editeur : Routledge, 2025

Synopsis

This volume focuses on the interplay between metaphor, making and mysticism and sheds new light on the power of the metaphorical and creative dimensions of the mystical for the twenty-first century. It explores the ways a variety of mystical writers deal with metaphor and image by bringing together chapters from interdisciplinary vantage points - theological, philosophical, historical, artistic, and literary. The book touches on a range of historical and contemporary figures, including Jalal al-Din al-Rumi, John of Ruusbroec, Hadewijch, John Scottus Eriugena and Edward Abbey. In reviewing the place of metaphor in mystical texts (both Christian and Islamic) the contributions reflect on the hard and difficult places both metaphor and mysticism can bring us to. They explore contemporary artists' engagement with the mystical, and how these open up new ways of reimagining our present - moving us beyond static categories such as religion vs. secular, and Christianity vs. Islam. Overall, the book highlights the potential of mysticism to push us beyond comfortable spaces and associations, and considers the language and images used to do so.

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À propos de l?auteur

Sheila Gallagher is an Associate Professor in the Fine Arts Department at Boston College, USA.

Louise Nelstrop is Professor of Church History at the Protestant Theological University in Utrecht, the Netherlands, as well as Director of Studies at the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology and a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK.

Lydia Shahan is a doctoral student in the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard University, USA, where she is also affiliated with the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1032169478
ISBN 13 
9781032169477
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
290
Éditeur
Gallagher Sheila, Nelstrop Louise, Shahan Lydia
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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