The Spiritual Virtues According to Saint Francis of Assisi
Part Two. Intermediary Problems
Truth and Presence
Form and Substance in the Religions
The Problem of Moral Divergences
Alternations in Semitic Monotheism
Part Three. Islam
The Idea of "The Best" in Religions
Images of Islam
Dilemmas of Moslem Scholasticism
Paradise as Theophany
Atomism and Creation
On the Divine Will
In this remarkable collection of articles, Schuon addresses many of
the key concepts and enigmas of these two branches of Semitic
monotheism. In the section on Christianity, the crucial question of the
two natures of Christ is expounded in terms of the relationship between
Absoluteness and relativity. The chapter on the nature of Protestant
Evangelicalism is a seminal work upholding the role of intrinsic
orthodoxy in reconciling the exigencies of spiritual idealism with those
of the everyday human world. The section on Islam includes fascinating
explanations of the various confessional divergences within its orthodox
framework and their necessity. Both religions are here viewed as
providential and integral manifestations of "divine
subjectivity," each including three spheres or levels: the
apostolic, the theological and the political. In setting forth and
contrasting the key-notions of both faiths, the author illuminates the
reasons for their differences as well as the underlying unity and
universality of their metaphysical truths.
Christianity/Islam:
Essays on Esoteric Ecumenicism
