Hindu and Muslim mysticism / R. C. Zaehner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zaehner, R. C. (Robert Charles), 1913-1974, author.

Series:

Religious Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections

Religious studies : Bloomsbury Academic collections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mysticism--Islam.

Mysticism.

Mysticism--India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

"This work traces the development of mystical thought during the formative periods of the Hindu and Muslim traditions and provides comparisons between the two streams of mysticism. The author's discussion includes the classical Upanishads, the Yogasutras, the Bhagavad-Gita and their commentaries. His study of the Islamic tradition includes the Monastic revolution introduced by Abu Yazid, which the author traces to the influence of Indian thought and the later writings of Ghazali."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

1. Two Trends

2. In Search of an Absolute

3. God and Brahman

4. The God of Love

5. Vedanta in Muslim Dress

6. Self-Deification

7. The Teaching of Junayd

8. Ghazali and After

Appendices

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474280792

147428079X

9781474280785

1474280781

OCLC:

1089436591