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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Theory vs. Interpretation
1 The Problem of Context
2 An Interpretive Approach
3 Ibn al-ʿArabi and the Names of God
4 Meister Eckhart and the Breaking-Through into the Quiet Desert
5 Hui-neng and the Stink of Zen
Conclusion: Theory and Interpretation
Notes
Works Consulted
Index
“This is a gem of a book. It is well written, tightly organized, and succinct in its formulations. It manages to take three very sophisticated mystical authors from three very different cultures and put them into critical conversation both with one another and with the ontological assumptions of the contemporary academy. The result is a wonderful example of the new comparativism.”
—Jeffrey J. Kripal, author of Comparing Religions: Coming to Terms
