Studies in Religious Mysticism Christianity and Buddhism
by Santosh Thomas

This book ia an introduction study of mysticism in the Christian religion. It should be suitable for both general readers and college undergraduades. It provides both a theory of mysticism and surveys of its main contours in Buddhism and traditional religious cultures. It also suggests how readers may understand and appreciate what mysticism implies for their own lives. This book, therefore, is addressed not only to persons called Christian, but also to the enquiring among the cultured despisers of this religion. To the latter, it says: " is what Christians as such are talking about"; and it addresses these enquiring ones not first of all with a view to convincing them. Santosh Thomas born on 16th May 1966 in Madras. He is chairman of the Department of Religion and associate professor of physics at IBD College, Shimla. He earned the Ph.D. in physics from the University of calcutta, and the B.D. in theology from Yale. Currently he is on leave from IBD to teach at Chicago Theological seminary. He is the author of Christianity and the Scientist and has written many srticles for various scientific,philosophical, and theological journals.