From: John Burgeson (burgythree@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Feb 15 2003 - 11:42:28 EST
We've been studying Mysticism in the history class I'm auditing at Iliff.
Today the following notice came in my e-mail. It looks interesting.
Mysticism is, of course, a vital part of Christianity. Although probably
some folks are afraid if it.
Burgy
Religion, Mysticism, and Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Colloquium on the
Moral Implications of Mysticism in the World Religions 17-18 May 2003,
Princeton University
http://www.princeton.edu/~wildberg/mysticism.html
Conference Rationale
Ever since William James delivered exactly one hundred years ago an
open-minded, sensitive and wide-ranging phenomenology of the experiential
(as opposed to doctrinal) aspects of religion, it has become increasingly
clear that the phenomena of religious experience, and of mysticism in
particular, can and ought to be made the object of unprejudiced academic
inquiry. James shows in more compelling ways than previous writers that
mystical experiences play an important part of the history of human
consciousness, that they have momentous effects on human lives and transform
the way in which mystics perceive, think about and relate to their social
and natural environment. Mysticism has not only speculative and experiential
dimensions, but also profoundly ethical ones, and not just on the level of
the individual. However, the precise relationship between mysticism and
moral belief or practice, and especially the way in which mysticism has
served historically as a foundation for moral conduct, has received
comparatively little academic attention and remains, to some extent,
uncharted territory. The colloquium to take place in Princeton in May 2003
brings together scholars of mysticism and ethics in the various world
religions in order to explore, critically and co-operatively, the many
implications of mysticism for moral conduct
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