Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft

Louis Komjathy is Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego. He is also founding Co-chair of the Contemplative Studies Group of the American Academy of Religion. He has published widely on contemplative practice both in Daoist contexts and from a comparative perspective, including the recent Contemplative Literature: A Comparative Sourcebook on Meditation and Contemplative Prayer and Taming the Wild Horse: An Annotated Translation a

List of Boxes ix

List of Tables xi

List of Figures xiii

Preface xv

Note on Scriptural References xvi

Acknowledgments xvii

Introduction 1

Part I Beyond Time and Space 13

1 Image 15

1.1 Introduction 16

1.2 The Second Commandment 16

1.3 Shirk 20

1.4 Incarnate Son 23

1.5 Murti 27

1.6 Opening the Radiance 31

1.7 The Three Bodies 34

Summary 37

Discussion Topics 39