The way of the mystics : the early Christian mystics and the rise of the Sufis / Margaret Smith.
Smith, Margaret, 1884-1970.
1978
BV5075 .S6 1978
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The way of the mystics : the early Christian mystics and the rise of the Sufis / Margaret Smith.
Author
Smith, Margaret, 1884-1970.
ISBN
0195199677
9780195199673
Publication Details
New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 1978.
Language
English
Description
xii, 276 p. ; 21 cm.
Call Number
BV5075 .S6 1978
Dewey Decimal Classification
204.22
Note
"First published in 1931 as 'Studies in early mysticism in the near and middle East' -- t.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references: (p. 258-263) and index.
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1. The meaning and nature of mysticism
2. Early Christian asceticism
3. Asceticism and the monastic life among women
4. Early mysticism in the Near East
5. Early mysticism in the Middle East
6. Christianity and Islam at the beginning of the Islamic era
7. Asceticism and mysticism in orthodox Islam
8. The rise of Sufism and the early ascetic ideal
9. The mystical doctrines of early Sufism
10. Some early Sufi mystics
11. Conclusion.

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