Neo-Perennialism: A Trap to Avoid or a Valid Research Program?
In a previous essay in this journal, I suggested that the kind of perennialism associated with the names of René Guénon and Fritzjof Schuon may—despite its obvious defects—remain relevant to our thinking about religious pluralism. Anything that seems to echo the perspectives of their classic perenni...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ecumenical Studies Vol. 58; no. 1; pp. 60 - 86 |
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Winter2023
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