Lectures presented by Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University. Lectures 25-36 in a series of 36 half-hour lectures.
Contents:
Lecture 36. Mysticism in the West today. Lecture 26. Muhammad the prophet as mystic -- Lecture 27. The house of Islam -- Lecture 28. The mystical sect: Shi'a -- Lecture 29. The appearance of Sufism -- Lecture 30. Early Sufi masters -- Lecture 31. The limits of mysticism: Al-Ghazzali -- Lecture 32. Two masters, two streams -- Lecture 33. Sufism in 12th-14th century North Africa -- Lecture 34. Sufi saints of Persia and India -- Lecture 35. The continuing Sufi tradition -- Lecture 36. Mysticism in the West today.
Summary:
Examines the spiritual, literary, and intellectual heritage of these three religions in relation to the mystical experience.
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