Mystical Union in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - Research Article from Encyclopedia of Religion

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 25 pages of information about Mystical Union in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Mystical Union in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - Research Article from Encyclopedia of Religion

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MYSTICAL UNION IN JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM. To describe the nature of mystical union in the three monotheistic faiths is a task fraught with difficulties and ambiguities both conceptual and real. First, the term unio mystica is primarily a modern expression; though the phrase does occur in Christian mysticism, its appearance is relatively rare. Various words for and descriptions of union or uniting with God, however, are important in the history of Christian mysticism, and accounts of union with God are also prominent in Judaism and Islam. Second, even the term mysticism itself, another modern creation, has come under attack. To what extent, for example, does the use of a term created in the modern Christian West distort the meaning of key figures, movements, and texts from the traditions of Judaism and Islam? The question is...

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