Zen and the Unspeakable God: Comparative Interpretations of Mystical Experience

Description: Zen and the Unspeakable God by Jason N. Blum Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description An interpretive approach to the study of mystical experience. Compares the experiences of Meister Eckhart, Ibn Arabi, and Hui-neng to reveal commonalities that have provocative implications for our understanding of consciousness. Publisher Description Zen and the Unspeakable God reevaluates how we study mystical experience. Forsaking the prescriptive epistemological box that has constrained the conversation for decades, ensuring that methodology has overshadowed subject matter, Jason Blum proposes a new interpretive approach—one that begins with a mystics own beliefs about the nature of mystical experience. Blum brings this approach to bear on the experiential accounts of three mystical exemplars: Meister Eckhart, Ibn al-Arabi, and Hui-neng. Through close readings of their texts, he uncovers the mystics own fundamental assumptions about transcendence and harnesses these as interpretive guides to their experiences.The predominant theory-first path to interpretation has led to the misunderstanding and misrepresentation of individual mystical experiences and fostered specious conclusions about cross-cultural comparability among them. Blums hermeneutic invites the scholarly community to begin thinking about mystical experience in a new way—through the mystics eyes. Zen and the Unspeakable God offers a sampling of the provocative results of this technique and an explanation of its implications for theories of consciousness and our contemporary understanding of the nature of mystical experience. Author Biography Jason N. Blum is Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the American University in Cairo. Details ISBN 027107079X ISBN-13 9780271070797 Title Zen and the Unspeakable God Author Jason N. Blum Format Hardcover Year 2015 Pages 200 Publisher Pennsylvania State University Press GE_Item_ID:161643813; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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