Discusses the notion of a spiritual master and looks at examples in a variety of world religions.
Victoria Kennick is Professor of Humanities at the University of Maryland University College and the author of Introducing World Religions. Arvind Sharma is Birks Professor of Comparative Religion at McGill University. His many books include Hinduism as a Missionary Religion; One Religion Too Many: The Religiously Comparative Reflections of a Comparatively Religious Hindu; and Religious Studies and Comparative Methodology: The Case for Reciprocal Illumination, all published by SUNY Press.
Preface
p. ix
Introduction: Defining Spiritual Master
p. 1
Jewish Spiritual Masters
p. 55
Christian Spiritual Masters
p. 73
Muslim Spiritual Masters
p. 91
Hindu Spiritual Masters
p. 111
Sikh Spiritual Masters
p. 127
Buddhist Spiritual Masters
p. 155
Confucian Spiritual Masters
p. 225
Daoist Spiritual Masters
p. 225
Concluding Remarks
p. 241
List of Contributors
p. 255
Index
p. 259
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