Roads of excess, palaces of wisdom : eroticism & reflexivity in the study of mysticism / Jeffrey J. Kripal.

Author/creator Kripal, Jeffrey J., 1962-
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
Descriptionxviii, 412 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Mysticism--Study and teaching. --History. --20th century.
Sex--Religious aspects.
Homosexuality--Religious aspects.

Contents Eyeing the burning wings: analyzing the mystical experience of love in Evelyn Underhill's Mysticism (1911) -- The passion of Louis Massignon: sublimating the homoerotic gaze in The passion of al-Hallāj (1922) -- The doors of deception: R.C. Zaehner's ethical and erotic challenges to monistic experience in Mysticism sacred and profane (1957) and Discordant concord (1970) -- Writing out of the light at the center: reading Agehananda Bharati's tantric trilogy (1960, 1965, 1976) -- The mystical mirror of hermeneutics: gazing into Elliot Wolfson's Speculum (1994).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 377-390) and index.
LCCN 2001035571
ISBN0226453782 (alk. paper)
ISBN0226453790 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BL625 .K75 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold