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2. Christian Experience: A Catholic View

   Building on the philosophical groundwork regarding experience, this article examines the meaning of Christian experience from a Catholic perspective. Christian experience of God is here understood as a graced act through which a person becomes affectively aware of the meaning of the event o...

   ​Author

   Antonio López

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Being and existence

3. Truth and Reality (ḥaqq and ḥaqīqa)

   This entry investigates the singular Islamic theme of al-ḥaqq and al-ḥaqīqa (truth and reality), with particular attention being given to the mystical tradition of Islam. Since there are numerous meanings underpinning al-ḥaqq, including truth, reality, fact, rightness, established, and nece...

   ​Author

   Mukhtar H. Ali

   ​Faith tradition

   Islam

   ​Topics

   Being and existence

4. The Straight Path (al-Ṣirāṭ al-Mustaqīm)

   Al-Ṣirāṭ al-Mustaqīm (the Straight Path) is a central concept within the Islamic tradition. It is loosely understood as the path that leads to God, often being employed as a reference to the Qur’an, the Prophet Muḥammad, or Islam in general. Throughout the history of Islam, many scholars an...

   ​Author

   Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour

   ​Faith tradition

   Islam

   ​Topics

   Spiritual life and practices

5. Angels (malāʾika)

   After a short overview of angels in Islam, this entry begins with a description of the role angels play in the Qur’an, focusing on their appearance in prophetic narratives, in descriptions of heaven and hell, and in debates the Qur’an has with its polytheist interlocutors. While the Qur’an ...

   ​Author

   Stephen Burge

   ​Faith tradition

   Islam

   ​Topics

   Being and existence

6. Sufism

   Sufism is concerned with a broad trend within Islamicate societies towards expressing how taṣawwuf, as a path of spiritual refinement, has impacted religious, social, and political modes of human endeavour. If we look at taṣawwuf more specifically, we can identify a vibrant discourse of tho...

   ​Author

   Aiyub Palmer

   ​Faith tradition

   Islam

   ​Topics

   Theological movements

7. Divine Energies

   This article discusses the historical origins and the development of the Eastern Orthodox doctrine of the divine energies. After a brief discussion of Aristotle and Plotinus, an overview is given of the relevant biblical material in the Old and New Testament. The article then looks at the...

   ​Author

   Christoph Schneider

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Being and existence

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