The truth within : a history of inwardness in Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism / Gavin Flood

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flood, Gavin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and other religions--Buddhism.

Christianity and other religions.

Christianity and other religions--Hinduism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The idea that there is a truth within the person discovered through introspection is found in most religions. This book examines this metaphor in the history of Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism and the methods developed in those religions to realise it, particularly prayer and meditation.

Contents:

Cover; The Truth Within: A History of Inwardness in Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism; Copyright; Dedication ; Acknowledgements; Contents; Preface; 1: Introduction: The Mountains of the Mind; GENERAL ORIENTATION; THE QUESTION OF METHOD; THE QUESTION OF HISTORY; THE QUESTION OF COMPARISON; CONCLUSION; Part I: History and Text; 2: Prayer and Vision in the Middle Ages; THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES; THE IDEA OF THE INDIVIDUAL; INWARDNESS AND COSMOLOGY; INWARDNESS IN RITUAL AND MYSTICISM; Liturgy; Prayer; Vision; FROM PARTICIPATION TO CONSCIENCE; CONCLUSION; 3: Inwardness as Mystical Ascent

SCHOLASTICISMBONAVENTURE'S JOURNEY OF THE SOUL; VISION AND MYSTICAL ASCENT; RICHARD OF ST VICTOR ON THE INNER LIFE; THE SENSE OF AN ENDING; The End of Cosmological Inwardness; New Forms of Inwardness; CONCLUSION; 4: Inwardness and Visual Contemplation in Hinduism; THE PERSON IN INDIAN RELIGIONS; CLASSICAL HINDUISM; MEDIEVAL HINDUISM; VISUAL CONTEMPLATION; TEXTUAL EXAMPLES; INWARDNESS WITHOUT RITUAL; RITUAL THINKING AND THE PERSON; Imagination as a Guide; Shared Subjectivity; The Social Imaginary; CONCLUSION; 5: A Hindu Philosophy of Inwardness; ABHINAVAGUPTA

THE CHALLENGE OF MODERNITYTWO EXAMPLES: KIERKEGAARD AND KRISTEVA; CONCLUSION; 8: The Phenomenology of Inwardness; THE POWER OF PRONOUNS; A PRELIMINARY PHENOMENOLOGICAL ACCOUNT; INWARDNESS IS SELF-REFLECTION; Intentionality for Husserl; Self-Disclosure for Heidegger; Moral Space for Taylor; INWARDNESS IS REPORTABLE; INWARDNESS IS TEMPORAL; INWARDNESS ENTAILS NARRATIVE; INWARDNESS IS HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL; INWARDNESS IS DISCLOSED THROUGH SIGNS; CONCLUSION; 9: The Historical Self and Comparative Religion; COMPARATIVE RELIGION; REFUSING TOTALITIES; PHENOMENOLOGY AND COMPARATIVE RELIGION

DescriptionAfter Description; ACT THEORY; GLOBAL HISTORY; CONCLUSION; Epilogue; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 2, 2013).

ISBN:

0-19-874521-4

0-19-968456-1

0-19-150749-0

OCLC:

867630746