Humanities Homework Help

BE SURE TO QUOTE FROM THOMPSON, ROHLHEISER AND LADINSKY IN FRAMING YOUR ANSWERS.

References:

Ladinsky, Daniel. Love Poems From God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West. (Penguin Compass: New York, 2002).

Rohlheiser, Ronald. The Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality. (New York: Doubleday, 1999).

Thompson, Marjorie. Soul Feast: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life. (Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 1995).

Questions:

1. Write about a mystical experience you have had that satisfies William James’ four criteria of mystical experience. How do you interpret this experience, in hindsight, and what have you done with this experience to carry it forward?

2. What is the heart of Muslim spirituality? What is the beauty of Islamic spirituality?