Mysticism and Social Transformation

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  • Mysticism and Social Transformation Book Detail

  • Author : Janet K. Ruffing
  • Release Date : 2001-02-01
  • Publisher : Syracuse University Press
  • Genre : Religion
  • Pages : 244
  • ISBN 13 : 9780815628774
  • File Size : 68,68 MB
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Mysticism and Social Transformation by Janet K. Ruffing PDF Summary

Book Description: Where do Mysticism and and political action meet? How does faith empower its adherents to resist oppression? What are the origins of authentic contemporary mysticism? From the thirteenth-century Franciscan movement to African American mystics, this wide-ranging volume of essays considers exemplars of Christian mysticism (including Teresa of Avila, Ignatius of Loyola, the Quakers, and the Society of Friends) whose practices and influence brought about social change. Linking major conceptual issues and social theory, the essays examine the historical impact of mysticism in contemporary life and argue for a hermeneutical approach to mysticism in its historical context. The contributors look at how mystical empowerment can serve as a catalyst for expressing compassion in acts of justice and long-term social change. We learn how Sojourner Truth and Rebecca Cox Jackson, driven by mystical experiences to take up lives of preaching, faced the same misogynistic religious environments as did women mystics throughout history, which has submerged this key area of women’s experience. The final two essays describe the development of socially engaged Buddhism in Asia and America and the mystical roots of deep ecology.

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