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Beyond compare : St. Francis de Sales and Sri Vedanta Desika on loving surrender to God / Francis X. Clooney, SJ.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clooney, Francis X. (Francis Xavier), 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Śrī Vaishṇava (Sect)--Relations--Catholic Church.
- Śrī Vaishṇava (Sect).
- Viśiṣṭādvaita.
- Love--Religious aspects.
- Love.
- God (Christianity)--Worship and love.
- God (Christianity).
- Spiritual life--Comparative studies.
- Spiritual life.
- Catholic Church--Relations--Sri Vaishnava (Sect).
- Catholic Church.
- Veṅkaṭanātha, 1268-1369. Rahasyatrayasāra.
- Veṅkaṭanātha.
- Francis, de Sales, Saint, 1567-1622. Traité de l'amour de Dieu.
- Francis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (286 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Beyond Compare is a remarkable work that offers a commentary on spiritual learning for the twenty-first century rooted in two classic texts from the Hindu and Christian traditions: the Essence of the Three Auspicious Mysteries by Sri Vedanta Desika and Treatise on the Love of God by St. Francis de Sales. In his commentary, Clooney achieves multiple goalsùthe book is a contribution to Christian spiritual theology, highlighting for today the beautiful insights into love by St. Francis de Sales (1567-1623), Doctor of the Church. At the same time it points out how even in our world of many religio
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Two Spiritual Classics and the Possibilities They Present; Chapter 2 Thinking, Writing, Reading: Finding a Path to Loving Surrender; Chapter 3 Awakening: Reading and Learning on the Way to God; Chapter 4 Loving Surrender: Insight, Drama, and Ecstasy; Chapter 5 As We Become Ourselves: On the Ethics of Loving Surrender and of Persistence in Reading; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-253) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781589016507
- 1589016505
- 9781435674684
- 1435674685
- OCLC:
- 648711571
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