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About the book >.>.> THE TERM “MYSTICISM HAS never been consistently defined or em-ployed either in religious traditions or in academic discourse. The essays in this volume written by leading scholars in the field offer informed and innovative ways of defining mysticism as well as meth-ods for grappling with its complexity in a classroom. Teaching Mysticism addresses the diverse literature surrounding mysticism in four interrelated parts. The first part features essays on the tradition and context of mys-ticism devoted to drawing out and exam-ining the mystical element in many reli-gious traditions. The second part engages traditions and religio-cultural strands in which “mysticism” is linked to other terms such as shamanism esotericism. and Gnosticism. The book’s third part fo-cuses on methodological strategies for de-fining “mysticism” with respect to varying social spaces. The final essays demonstrate how contemporary social issues and move-ments have impacted the meaning study and pedagogy of mysticism. This comprehensive volume presents peda-gogical reflections on how best to commu-nicate mysticism from a variety of institu-tional spaces. It surveys the broad range of meanings of mysticism its utilization in the traditions the theories and methods that have been used to understand it and provides vital critical insight into the result-ing controversies. (SP)