Paths to the Heart Sufism and the Christian

With wisdom that rings well with the heart, this volume answers the questions What do the mystical traditions of the Christian East and Sufism have in common? and Is there a dialogue that can promote a deep and lasting bond between Christianity and Islam? Amongst others, the contributors include Gray Henry, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, and Huston Smith.

Foreword

vii

Dimensions of the Heart

How Do We Enter the Heart?

2

(22)

Kallistos Ware

St Seraphim of Sarov in Sufic Perspective

24

(8)

Gray Henry

The Heart of the Faithful is the Throne of the All-Merciful

32

(16)

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

The Path of Remembrance

On the Cosmology of Dhikr

48

(16)

William C. Chittick

Presence, Participation, Performance: The Remembrance of God in the Early Hesychast Fathers

64

(48)

Vincent Rossi

Paths of Continuity: Contemporary Witnesses of the Hesychast Experience

112

(28)

John Chryssavgis

Toward an Esoteric Ecumenism

The Metaphysics of Interfaith Dialogue: Sufi Perspectives on the Universality of the Quranic Message

140

(50)

Reza Shah-Kazemi

A Unity with Distinctions: Parallels in the Thought of St Gregory Palamas and Ibn Arabi

190

(35)

Peter Samsel

Hesychia: An Orthodox Opening to Esoteric Ecumenism

225

(27)

James S. Cutsinger

Conclusions

The Long Way Home

252

(9)

Huston Smith

Panel Discussion

261

(16)

Contributors

277

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Paths to the Heart Sufism and the Christian East

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