Essays about: "mysticism."

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1. 1. Bodies of the Zohar : Kabbalistic Views on the Human Body

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Religionshistoria

   Author : Hedda Lindstedt Grahn; [2023]
   Keywords : Kabbalah; the Zohar; Jewish mysticism; Medieval; Bodies; Impurity;

   Abstract : Through the Zohar, the major medieval kabbalistic work, the human body is used in order to symbolise the divine structure. Present throughout are also dire warnings against the dangers of the flesh – a sense of anxiety often surrounds matters of the body. READ MORE

3. 2. Nikāḥ as precondition for paradise? Spiritual corporeality and al-Ghazālī’s theology of marriage in the Kitāb ādāb al-nikāḥ

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Author : Mariette Frieda Anita Minnemann; [2021]
   Keywords : al-Ghazali marriage asceticism Medieval theology history of religion Islamic theology Soteriology cosmogony eschatology embodiment Sufism Sufi tasawwuf spiritual corporeality mysticism Ibn Arabi Islamic mysticism jihad body Ihya kitab nikah intercourse sex celibacy embodied resurrection din Medieval Islamic studies religious studies; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : With the 11th century text Kitāb ādāb al-nikāḥ, the “Book on the Proper Conduct of Marriage”, the Islamic thinker al-Ghazālī (1056 –1111/447–504) replies to a contemporaneous debate within Sufi asceticism with a theology of nikāḥ. The text is part of his opus magnum, the “Renaissance of the Knowledge of dīn”, which aims at a renewal of Muslim piety and provides practical guidance to the male audience addressed. READ MORE

4. 3. Silent Lure : A study of how Mīkhāʾīl Nuʿayma relates to and uses silence in his poems

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Ronja Tallmyren; [2021]
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   Abstract : In this study I investigate how a mystic relates to and uses silence in poetry, as silence is a very important part of mysticism overall. I have focused on the Eastern Orthodox Christian mystic branch, which, in this thesis, is represented by the poet Mīkhāʾīl Nuʿayma from Lebanon. READ MORE

5. 4. The Castle & The Keep : A Gender Study of the Lives and Written Works of Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Religionshistoria

   Author : Ryan Jurison; [2018]
   Keywords : St. Teresa of Avila; St. John of the Cross; Gender Studies; Catholic Church; Counter Reformation; Discalced Carmelites; Spanish Mysticism; Doctors of the Church; Spanish Inquisition; mysticism; Alfred C. Kinsey; Judith Butler; Corporeal Realm; Ethereal Realm;

   Abstract : An examination of Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross, applying modern theories of gender and sexuality to the textual analysis of a selection of primary written works and biographical works, in order to determine the roles that they play, not only in the case of these two saints of the Catholic Church, but also within the mystical tradition as a whole. . READ MORE

6. 5. Two Worldview Perspectives on Death: Mayan & Swedish Attitudes toward Death

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Marcos Lopez Macal; [2018]
   Keywords : Mayan; Swedish; Attitudes toward death; Mysticism; Interpretative phenomenological analysis; death; worldviews; Social Sciences; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : Death is life ́s companion, it has existed throughout the history of humanity and of all living things. Mayan culture represents one of the oldest civilizations native to the American continent and is renowned for its traditions and spirituality. Sweden is recognized as a modern-day industrialized, technologically advanced, and secular society. READ MORE