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In this book van der Leeuw discusses the horizontal path to God and the vertical paths descending from God and ascending to Him. If God Himself appears, it is in a totally different manner, which results not in intelligible utterance, but in proclamation; and it is with this that theology has to deal." Originally published in 1986. The Princeton



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents: Volume I, pg. v*Foreword, pg. ix*Author's Preface to the German Edition, pg. xx*Author's Note to the English Edition, pg. xxi*Translator's Note, pg. xxii*General Literature Cited, pg. xxiii*Part One: The Object of Religion, pg. 21*A. The Sacred Man, pg. 191*BETA. The Sacred Community, pg. 242*C. The Sacred Within Man: The Soul, pg. 275*A. Outward Action, pg. 339*BETA. Inward Action, pg. 459*Part Four: The World, pg. 541*A. Religions, pg. 591*BETA. Founders, pg. 650*Epilegomena, pg. 669*Appendix, pg. 697*Index, pg. 715

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691610443, 978-0691610443
      ISBN10: 0691610444

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In this book van der Leeuw discusses the horizontal path to God and the vertical paths descending from God and ascending to Him. If God Himself appears, it is in a totally different manner, which results not in intelligible utterance, but in proclamation; and it is with this that theology has to deal." Originally published in 1986. The Princeton



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents: Volume I, pg. v*Foreword, pg. ix*Author's Preface to the German Edition, pg. xx*Author's Note to the English Edition, pg. xxi*Translator's Note, pg. xxii*General Literature Cited, pg. xxiii*Part One: The Object of Religion, pg. 21*A. The Sacred Man, pg. 191*BETA. The Sacred Community, pg. 242*C. The Sacred Within Man: The Soul, pg. 275*A. Outward Action, pg. 339*BETA. Inward Action, pg. 459*Part Four: The World, pg. 541*A. Religions, pg. 591*BETA. Founders, pg. 650*Epilegomena, pg. 669*Appendix, pg. 697*Index, pg. 715

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