The Presence of Light: Divine Radiance and Religious Experience

by Matthew T. Kepstein

There is perhaps no greater constant in religious intuition and experience than the presence of light. In spiritual traditions East and West, light is not only ubiquitous but something that assumes strikingly similar forms in altogether different historical and cultural settings. This study examines light as an aspect of religiously valued experiences and its entailments for mystical theology, philosophy, politics, and religious art. The essays in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226424928
• ISBN13: 9780226424927
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.1"