The presence of light : divine radiance and religious experience

The presence of light : divine radiance and religious experience / edited by Matthew T. Kapstein.

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Other Authors: Kapstein, Matthew
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Light > Religious aspects.
Experience (Religion)
Mysticism.
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Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Fiat lux, fiat ritus : divine light and the late antique defense of ritual / Sarah Iles Johnston
  • Suhrawardī on knowledge and the experience of light / Hossein Ziai
  • Luminous consciousness : light in the tantric mysticism of Abhinavagupta / Paul E. Muller-Ortega
  • Light, vision, and religious experience in Byzantium / Andrew Louth
  • Hermeneutics of light in Medieval Kabbalah / Elliot R. Wolfson
  • The strange death of Pema the demon tamer / Matthew T. Kapstein
  • A ray from the sun : Mughal ideology and the visual construction of the divine / Catherine B. Asher
  • Light in the Wutai Mountains / Raoul Birnbaum
  • The eyes of Michinaga in the light of Pure Land Buddhism / Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan
  • Rethinking religious experience : seeing the light in the history of religions / Matthew T. Kapstein.

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