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From the earliest centuries there has existed a Christian theology
of mysticism, defining the state which Bernard Lonergan called a
"being in love with God." St. John of the Cross wrote such a
theology for the sixteenth century, calling it "the science of
love." Now, William Johnston, one of the great spiritual writers of
our time, attempts to do the same for the twenty-first century.
In Part One of Mystical Theology Johnston surveys Christian
mysticism through the centuries. Johnson shows that such a theology
today must dialogue with modern science and with Eastern religions.
Part Two provides this dialogue, where Johnston engages Einstein's
theories as well as Zen Buddhism. In Part Three, it becomes clear
how the "science of love" is no longer an esoteric discipline for
monks and nuns. In Johnston's writing it becomes accessible to all
modern people grappling with problems of sexuality, social justice,
world peace, and the protection of the environment.
Mystical Theology is indispensable to all those seeking guidance
as well as intellectual and historical foundations of the Christian
mystical experience today.
Alan Riach’s The MacDiarmid Memorandum is a work of epic,
category-defying scope; blending biography and national history,
poetry and prose; an intimate portrait of an old friend and mentor,
and a political manifesto calling for revolution. Riach’s poems
begin with MacDiarmid’s childhood in Langholm and his first
attempts to navigate the Scottish landscape. We travel from the
Borders to Shetland, from Edinburgh to rural Lanarkshire. The poems
map a nation where nature is inseparable from political history.
They explore a peculiarly Scottish kind of consciousness, willing
itself to be free yet bowed under the weight of self-suppression.
There is confrontation on various fronts. MacDiarmid experienced
trauma, divorce, breakdown, wildness and later, domestic affection.
At the same time, Scotland endured two world wars, each triggering
a continuing renaissance of Scottish artists and intellectuals,
struggling to regenerate international recognition and
self-determination. Alongside Riach’s poems, the book includes
reproductions of paintings by the artists Alexander Moffat and Ruth
Nicol, focusing on some of the landscapes, friends and associates
MacDiarmid knew most closely through his long life, plus a
frontispiece portrait by William Johnstone and a song-setting by
Ronald Stevenson.
Usage of the adnominal genitive (one or more genitive substantives
in relationship to a head noun) is one of most ambiguous aspects of
the Greek language of the New Testament, and thus the source of
contentious debate among exegetes. This study finds a way forward
in the understanding of the genitive case by examining
concatenations of single and multiple genitives, testing methods on
the Pauline corpus as a representative sample of adnominal genitive
usage in the whole New Testament. The results are offered with a
set of rules that are vital in assisting the interpreter in
clarifying these often difficult expressions. This book offers
fresh insight especially where genitives appear in concatenation,
and examines the syntactical configurations of genitive
constructions with a view to untangling their semantics.
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Outlaw Country (Paperback)
William Johnstone, J. A Johnstone
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This book examines in detail the use of the pronominal adjective Π
a/?/ (« all, each, every) in the Greek New Testament, focusing on
how syntactical patterns and the semantic value of words or phrases
it modifies are factors determining its sense and scope. These
findings are applied to the interpretation of several debated
passages in the New Testament.
William Johnston--an authority on fourteenth century spirituality and specifically on the writings of this unknown author--provides a substantive and accessible introduction detailing what is known about the history of this text and its relevance throughout the ages. Also included here is the author's other principal work, The Book of Privy Counseling--a short and moving text on the way to enlightenment through a total loss of self and consciousness only of the divine.
Detailed instructions, illustrations for carving animals, flowers, figures, more. Tips on tools, techniques, painting, finishing, exhibiting.
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Silence (Paperback)
Shusaku Endo; Translated by William Johnston; Foreword by Martin Scorsese
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"For centuries, mystics have groped for words in which to account
for the supreme reality of this experience which not only
illuminates a man's mind and fills his heart with new strength, but
even radically transforms his whole life. All this is said in
classic and unforgettable pages by The Cloud of Unknowing, the work
of an anonymous fourteenth-century English writer. . .
Protecting Transportation: Implementing Security Policies and
Programs provides a thorough overview of transportation security in
the United States, with a focus on policy. The book coversall major
transportation modes and puts the American security system into
perspective against other national and international systems.
Author R. William Johnstone, a transportation security expert and
member of the 9/11 Commission staff, discusses how the current
transportation security system came to be and how it is performing.
Whether you are a current or aspiring transportation security
professional, a policymaker, or an engaged citizen, Johnstone's
presentation equips you to understand today's issues and debates on
a problem that affects every member of the global community.
Transportation security has evolved in the years since 9/11 from a
relatively modest, sporadic undertaking into a multi-billion dollar
enterprise employing tens of thousands. Protecting Transportation
describes how that system is organized, funded, and implemented.
The Inner Eye of Love offers a contemporary theology of mysticism
that locates it at the very center of authentic religious
experience. It provides as well a practical guide for meditation
even as it maps out the oceanic experience toward which meditation
points. Johnston begins with the mystical tradition itself, its
roots and origins, its appearance and significance in the Gospels,
the letters of Paul, and the early Church. He explains what
mysticism is and is not, and how it is inextricably bound up with
love. It is at the level of mysticism, he maintains, that the two
traditions of East and West can at last understand one another and
begin to work together to heal a broken world. The Inner Eye of
Love escorts the reader through the stages of the mystical journey,
from initial call to final enlightenment. Johnston compares and
contrasts the Oriental and Christian experience, continually
revealing new points of commonality The much discussed "dark night
of the soul" is seen here in a positive way, as an emptying
preliminary to the overbrimming of the soul with the knowledge and
love of God. Finally, the author considers the often misunderstood
relation between mysticism and practical action.
This work seeks to break down the barriers between science and
religion, as well as between religions themselves, in order to
extrapolate a comprehensive understanding of the science of
meditation. It reveals ways of understanding the mystical and our
search for wisdom in the modern world.
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Silence (Paperback)
Shusaku Endo; Translated by William Johnston; Foreword by Martin Scorsese
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