| Edition |
First Fortress Press edition. |
| Description |
viii, 287 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-281) and index. |
| Contents |
What is mysticism? -- Biblical roots of Christian mysticism: old testament, Moses -- Biblical roots of Christian mysticism: new testament, Paul -- Greek input, platonism: Clement of Alexandria, Origen -- Greek input, neo-platonism: Gregory of Nyssa, Augustine of Hippo, Dionysius the Areopagite -- The dark ages: Maximus Confessor, John of Damascus, John Scotus Eriugena -- The early middle ages: Symeon the New Theologian, Bernard of Clairvaux, Richard of St Victor -- The high middle ages: Bonaventure, Meister Eckhart -- Women mystics: Julian of Norwich, Catherine of Siena, Catherine of Genoa -- Some Spanish mystics: Ignatius Loyola, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross -- Post-reformation mystics: Jakob Böhme, Blaise Pascal, George Fox, William Law -- Eighteenth century: Jonathan Edwards, John Woolman -- Nineteenth century: John Keble, Søren Kierkegaard, Charles de Foucauld -- Twentieth cenbury [sic.]: Henri Bergson, Rudolf Otto, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Jacques Maritain, Thomas Merton -- Concluding remarks. |
| Subject |
Mysticism -- History.
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| ISBN |
0800637100 |
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9780800637101 |
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