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An outline of the development of mystical theology in the Patristic period, tracing its roots to Plato and the Hellenistic tradition and centering on Origen, the Nicene Fathers, Augustine, Denys the Areopagite, and St. John of the Cross.

An outline of the development of mystical theology in the Patristic period, tracing its roots to Plato and the Hellenistic tradition and centering on Origen, the Nicene Fathers, Augustine, Denys the Areopagite, and St. John of the Cross.

Few artistic terms have had such a confused history as the word "Gothic." Andrew Martindale approaches this complex period by first setting up terms with which to deal with it. He considers Gothic art basically as the style that developed in the…

"Liberation (mukti) is a central concern in Hinduism, particularly in Advaita (nondual) Vedanta, perhaps the best known school of Hindu thought. There has been vigorous debate and analysis about the possibility and nature of liberation while living…