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    Elijah Audio Lectures

    Mystical Prayer: Comparative Overview

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         The session is devoted to different definitions of mystical prayer, as relevant to different religious traditions.  Harvey Egan focuses on the relationship between living faith and its meaning. He considers mysticism and mystical prayer to be inherent parts of a concrete religion. Christian mystical prayer's defining characteristic is its transforming experience of the immediate presence of God. The Buddhist scholar Evgeny Tortchinov agrees with the definition of a ... More>>


    Elijah at "Encounter" on ABC Australia Radio

    Alon Goshen-Gottstein

    What is the common voice which religions can bring to the big global concerns? Do the various religions share a core ethic, and if so, how does that relate to their distinctive beliefs, sense of identity and understanding of 'the other'? The Parliament of the World Religions, which met in Melbourne December 2009, provided some interesting windows in to those debates. "Encounter", the highly acclaimed series of Australian ABC Radio National, interviewed Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein... More>>


    Religion's Imperative to Present the Other Faithfully, Part 1

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    December 7, 2009 Parliament of World Religions, Melbourne The specific focus of this session was: What is the Religious Imperative to represent the other faithfully. The discussion identified a crucial stage that precedes the theological accounting for the other. Any attempt to accomodate the other within one’s religious worldview is based on some kind of description of the other. But how is the other described? How accurate is the informaton we use about the other? And is there a religious ... More>>


    Religion's Imperative to Present the Other Faithfully, Part 2

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    December 8, 2009 Parliament of World Religions, Melbourne The specific focus of this session was: What is the Religious Imperative to represent the other faithfully. The discussion identified a crucial stage that precedes the theological accounting for the other. Any attempt to accomodate the other within one’s religious worldview is based on some kind of description of the other. But how is the other described? How accurate is the informaton we use about the other? And is there a religious ... More>>