Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis, Steven T. Katz's 1978 edited volume from Oxford University Press, is the collection that opened the constructivist argument against a single common core underlying all mystical experience across traditions, gathering essays from established philosophers of religion. Its authority rests on peer academic contribution and its lasting influence on how comparative mysticism is studied. Its limit is that it argues one side of a real and continuing scholarly debate rather than settling it. Cite it for the standing of mysticism as a comparative category and for the constructivist position specifically, not as a neutral verdict on any one tradition's own mystical claims.
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Steven T. Katz's edited volume Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis, published by Oxford University Press in 1978, the top tier reflecting the peer academic collection that opened the constructivist argument against a single common core underlying all mystical experience across traditions, with lasting influence on how comparative mysticism is studied. It argues one side of a real and continuing scholarly debate rather than settling it; cite it for the standing of mysticism as a comparative category and the constructivist position specifically, not as a neutral verdict on any one tradition's own mystical claims. NotesThe volume that opened the constructivist case against a common core of mystical experience. Cited here for the standing of "mysticism" as a comparative category, not for any claim about a particular tradition.
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AuthorSteven T. Katz (ed.)
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication Year1978
Source TypeEdited volume
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