Mystic Union: An Essay in the Phenomenology of Mysticism

Nelson Pike

Published by Cornell University Press 1994

Mystic Union

An Essay in the Phenomenology of Mysticism

Nelson Pike

In the series Cornell Studies in the Philosophy of Religion

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501737497

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About this book

What is it to experience union with God? In this highly original and accessible book, one of our leading philosophers of religion seeks to answer this question by analyzing the several states of mystic union as they are described and explained in the classical primary literature of the Christian mystical tradition.

Author / Editor information

Nelson Pike is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1. Varieties of Spiritual Closeness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Variations on Full Union and Rapture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
3. Perceptions of Spiritual Closeness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
4. God as Lover and Mother Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
5. Walter Stace on “Union with God” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
6. Walter Stace and the Data on Union Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
7. On the Possibility of Theistic Experience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
8. The Phenomenology of Union Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
Supplementary Study 1: R. C. Zaehner on Theistic Mystical Experience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Supplementary Study 2: Steven Katz on Christian Mysticism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
Supplementary Study 3: Walter Stace on the Metaphysics of Union without Distinction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 240
Illustrations
- Other: 2 halftones
Keywords: Philosophy; Religious Studies

eBook

Published: May 15, 2019
ISBN: 9781501737497