Schuon Frithjof. Form and Substance in the Religions

Bloomington: World Wisdom, 2002. — 264 p. — ISBN: 0-941532-25-9.This book, according to Seyyed Hossein Nasr, “is the second work of Schuon (following The Transcendent Unity) which is devoted primarily to comparative religion. Beginning with two essays on the distinction between truth and presence and form and substance in religions, the author then turns to major metaphysical studies of the most subtle nature concerning the distinction between Atma and maya and subject and object. He devotes several studies to specifically Islamic themes including Islamic understanding of Christ and Mary and two essays on Buddhism. The work concludes with another set of chapters which treat some of the most difficult theological and religious problem such as the question of theodicy, difficulties in sacred texts, paradoxes of spiritual expression, the effect of the human margin in revelation, and certain eschatological issues.”Truth and Presence.
Form and Substance in the Religions.
Âtmâ-Mâyâ.
Substance: Subject and Object.
The Five Divine Presences.
The Cross of Space and Time in Koranic Onomatology.
Insights into the Muhammadan Phenomenon.
The Koranic Message of Sayyidna Isa.
The Virginal Doctrine.
Synthesis of the Pâramitâs.
A Note on the Feminine Element in Mahâyâna.
The Mystery of the Two Natures.
The Question of Theodicies.
Some Difficulties Found in Sacred Scriptures.
Paradoxes of Spiritual Expression.
The Human Margin.
Comments on an Eschatological Problem.
The Two Paradises.