“Gifts of Light”—Chiara Lubich’s Mystical Narrative with Hindus: An Analysis of a Hindu–Christian Dialogue Experience-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

“Gifts of Light”—Chiara Lubich’s Mystical Narrative with Hindus: An Analysis of a Hindu–Christian Dialogue Experience

Published:2023-04-11 Issue:4 Volume:14 Page:521
ISSN:2077-1444
Container-title:Religions
language:en
Short-container-title:Religions

Author:

Catalano Roberto¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Theology, Philosophy and Human Sciences, Sophia University Institute, 50064 Figline e Incisa Valdarno, FI, Italy

Abstract

The present paper offers a presentation and a phenomenological analysis of a rather unusual event in the sphere of interreligious dialogue: a Catholic woman, the protagonist of a mystical experience, shared some of the traits of this experience with people of another culture and religion. The protagonists of this experience include Chiara Lubich and a group of Hindus, some neo-Vedanta scholars and other social activists inspired by Gandhian philosophy and ideals. These pages represent an initial study of this case, which, at least so far, appears to be rather unique.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Religious studies

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/4/521/pdf

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