Mystical understanding transfigured Christianity in the Middle Ages and led to some of its most sublime prose and poetry. Originally published in 1982, this was the first book of its kind to bring together some of the medieval mystics and to relate...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1936, the author investigates the working of the mind in various types of experiences, showing how sense and thought, volition and cognition, practice and theory, work together, as well in secular as in religious experiences....Loe edasi...
This book presents ecological insights drawn from a reading of Julian of Norwich, considering how effectively she can help us in our current plight....Loe edasi...
This book explores the life and teaching of John of the Cross, the Spanish mystic who remains a major source of Western thought on spirituality, theology and mysticism....Loe edasi...
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all yield intriguing similarities and differences in their respective conceptions of sanctity. This edited collection explores the various literary and cultural productions associated with the cult of saints and piou...Loe edasi...
This collection of essays introduces the currents of thought and practice that underpin artistic engagement with medieval Western Christian mysticism, and explores the continued link between art and theology....Loe edasi...
This book reflects in serious theological depth and detail on the spiritual and sexual journeys of gay men of mature and committed Christian faith, employing the Christian mystical tradition as the lens and the interlocutor in this process....Loe edasi...
The question of the structure of the human person is central to many mystical authors in the Christian tradition. This book focuses on the specific anthropology of a series of key authors in the mystical tradition in the medieval and early modern Lo...Loe edasi...
Through its novel approach, this book aims to reformulate Rumis practical mysticism by employing four methodological principles and comparing it to the mysticism of Eckhart. Providing a mirror that highlights the special features of Rumis practica...Loe edasi...
Mystical theology has developed through a range of meanings, from the hidden dimensions of divine significance in the communitys interpretation of its scriptures to the much later science of the souls ascent into communion with God. Raising fu...Loe edasi...
This collection of essays re-examines works from such canonical figures as Eckhart, Augustine, Plotinus, Pseudo-Dionysius, Nicolas of Cusa, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Julian of Norwich, along with the philosophical thought of Iris Murdoch,...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-Nov-2012, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780199665365)
This study provides a fresh perspective on the concept of repentance in early Christianity. Alexis Torrance focuses on writings by several ascetic theologians of the fifth to seventh centuries, and also examines texts from Scripture, early Christian...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-Oct-2012, Kirjastus: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd), ISBN-13: 9781118232736)
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Christian Mysticism presents a comprehensive and engaging account of the origins and evolution of Christian mysticism right up to the current day, discussing the mystics, their texts, and the movements they inspired....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Feb-2012, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780199640423)
This book examines the writings of an early sixth-century Christian mystical theologian who wrote under the name of a convert of the apostle Paul, Dionysius the Areopagite, and argues that the pseudonym and the corresponding influence of Paul are th...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Jan-2012, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780199841127)
The first English translation of the Prison Narratives written by the seventeenth-century French mystic and Quietist, Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717). Guyon describes her confinement between 1695 and 1703 in various prisons, including the dreaded Bastille,...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Oct-2011, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780199603145)
Susanne Sklar engages with the interpretive challenges of William Blakes illuminated epic poem Jerusalem by considering it as a piece of visionary theatre - an imaginative performance in which characters, settings, and imagery are not confined by m...Loe edasi...
This book introduces students to Christian mysticism and modern critical responses to it. Christianity has a rich tradition of mystical theology that first emerged in the writings of the early church fathers, and flourished during the Middle Ages. T...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Jan-2007, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780199291403)
Andrew Louth traces the Christian mystical tradition from Plato and Platonism, through figures such as Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, Denys the Areopagite, and Augustine, to St John of the Cross. In doing so he explores the diverse, and often conflicting...Loe edasi...
