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- W4254665635 abstract "“Spiritual grammar” is a term coined to identify a genre of religious literature that until now has not been recognized as such. The salient characteristic of this genre is that it makes constant references to the grammatical structures of language as a metaphor for how the self is structurally embedded in spiritual reality. In <italic>Spiritual Grammar</italic>, two medieval religious texts serve as the main examples of this genre, namely, <italic>The Grammar of Hearts</italic> (<italic>Naḥw al-qulūb</italic>) by the great Sufi shaykh and Islamic scholar ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Qushayrī (d. 1074) and <italic>Moralized Grammar</italic> (<italic>Donatus moralizatus</italic>) by Christian theologian Jean Gerson (d. 1429), chancellor of the University of Paris. By violating what Jacques Derrida called “the law of genre,” Qushayrī and Gerson used the genre of “spiritual grammar” to engender saintly subjects. Grammar thus provides the two masters with a fresh way of explaining spiritual reality to their pupils and disciplining the souls of their readers. Moreover, comparative theological study of this “queer” genre of religious literature makes possible the construction of a theology of grammar that sees the human person and spiritual reality in new ways. Recent preoccupation with the interconnections among the linguistic and spiritual dimensions of the human condition ensures the relevance of “spiritual grammar” for us today." @default.
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- W4254665635 title "Spiritual Grammar" @default.
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