Mysticism and Language by Steven T. Katz (PDF)

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This is a collection of original essays designed to continue and expand the groundbreaking discussion begun in Katz’s previous collections, Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis (OUP 1979) and Mysticism and Religious Traditions (OUP 1984). The publication of the earlier volumes established Katzas a leading authority on mysticism and a major figure in the study of comparative religion, and his approach to the subject has been both influential and controversial. Each of the ten essays included in Mysticism and Language analyzes the relationship between language and mystical experience inone of the world’s great religious traditions. The essays are by some of the foremost authorities in the field, including Ninian Smart, William Alston, Moshe Idel, Bernard McGinn, Carl Ernst, Ewert Cousins, Steven Katz, Bernard Faure, Stephen Phillips, and Bimal Matilal.

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Editorial Reviews: Review “The particular merit of [Katz’s three volumes on mysticism] is to set out, with rigor, a serious consideration of mysticism that is both philosophically and historically sophisticated….no person, serious about mysticism, can remain ignorant of the agenda that these volumes propose. For thatreason alone, the trilogy in general and this volume in particular are welcome.”–Commonweal”A particularly interesting study of language and `awakening’ in Chan (Zen) Buddhism.”–Theology About the Author Steven T. Katz, Professor of Jewish History and Religion, Cornell University.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐It is hard to imagine studying mysticism without looking seriously at language. The state of unity with the divine is impossible to adequately describe in language; just as it transcends the mystic, it transcends his or her language. And yet, the need to express that mystical state, share it with others, leads to expression in language, and hence we have mystical texts.By the same token, studies of language should look to mysticism as that place where language breaks down and ceases to function according to the normal rules governing it. Katz’s book is an excellent place to start in this enquiry. The collection is an excellent one, each one worth studying. I recommend especially Katz’s own contribution “Mystical Speech and Mystical Meaning,”, which looks at kataphatic language of mystics, and Katz’s headings of “language as transformational”, “language as sacred”, “language as power” and “language as information”. Also to recommend is Bimal Krishna Matilal’s “Mysticism and Ineffability: Some Issues of Logic and Language”.How can we express the inexpressible? The question may prompt you to make a mystical turn yourself.

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