Contemporary Theological Explorations in Mysticism – serie
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Mysticism and Materialism in the Wake of German Idealism
Av W. Ezekiel Goggin, Sean Hannan
Inbunden, 2022
2513 kr
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This book argues that the rediscovery of mystical theology in nineteenth-century Germany not only helped inspire idealism and romanticism, but also planted the seeds of their overcoming by way of critical materialism. Thanks in part to the Neoplatonic turn in the works of J. G. Fichte, as well as …
Mysticism and Materialism in the Wake of German Idealism
Av W. Ezekiel Goggin, Sean Hannan
Häftad, 2023
648 kr
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This book argues that the rediscovery of mystical theology in nineteenth-century Germany not only helped inspire idealism and romanticism, but also planted the seeds of their overcoming by way of critical materialism. Thanks in part to the Neoplatonic turn in the works of J. G. Fichte, as well as …
Mystical Sources of Existentialist Thought
Being, Nothingness, Love
Av George Pattison, Kate Kirkpatrick
Häftad, 2020
706 kr
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At the time when existentialism was a dominant intellectual and cultural force, a number of commentators observed that some of the language of existential philosophy, not least its interpretation of human existence in terms of nothingness, evoked the language of so-called mystical writers. This …
Mystical Doctrines of Deification
Case Studies in the Christian Tradition
Häftad, 2020
706 kr
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The notion of the deification of the human person (theosis, theopoièsis, deificatio) was one of the most fundamental themes of Christian theology in its first centuries, especially in the Greek world. It is often assumed that this theme was exclusively developed in Eastern theology after the …
Art and Mysticism
Interfaces in the Medieval and Modern Periods
Av Louise Nelstrop, Helen Appleton
Häftad, 2020
706 kr
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From the visual and textual art of Anglo-Saxon England onwards, images held a surprising power in the Western Christian tradition. Not only did these artistic representations provide images through which to find God, they also held mystical potential, and likewise mystical writing, from the early …
Semiotic Theory and Sacramentality in Hugh of Saint Victor
Häftad, 2021
706 kr
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This book offers Hugh of Saint Victor’s early scholastic thoughts on sacrament in order to re-discover the pre-modern theological understanding of ontological signification. The Christian understanding of sacrament through the category of ‘signs’ results in a theology that inherently shares in the …
Mysticism in the French Tradition
Eruptions from France
Av Louise Nelstrop, Bradley B. Onishi
Häftad, 2019
706 kr
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In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries secular French scholars started re-engaging with religious ideas, particularly mystical ones. Mysticism in the French Tradition introduces key philosophical undercurrents and trajectories in French thought that underpin and arise from this engagement, …
Mystical Anthropology
Authors from the Low Countries
Häftad, 2019
706 kr
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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 Low Countries. Their view is fundamentally …
Mystical Theology and Contemporary Spiritual Practice
Renewing the Contemplative Tradition
Av Christopher C. H. Cook, Julienne McLean m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
706 kr
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In Mystical Theology and Contemporary Spiritual Practice several leading scholars explore key themes within the Christian mystical tradition, contemporary and historical. The overall aim of the book is to demonstrate the relevance of mystical theology to contemporary spiritual practice. Attention …
Mystical Theology and Continental Philosophy
Interchange in the Wake of God
Av David Lewin, Simon D. Podmore m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
706 kr
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Exploration of the interface between mystical theology and continental philosophy is a defining feature of the current intellectual and even devotional climate. But to what extent and in what depth are these disciplines actually speaking to one another; or even speaking about the same phenomena? …
Mystical Doctrines of Deification
Case Studies in the Christian Tradition
Inbunden, 2018
2513 kr
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The notion of the deification of the human person (theosis, theopoièsis, deificatio) was one of the most fundamental themes of Christian theology in its first centuries, especially in the Greek world. It is often assumed that this theme was exclusively developed in Eastern theology after the …
On Deification and Sacred Eloquence
Richard Rolle and Julian of Norwich
Häftad, 2021
812 kr
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This book considers the place of deification in the writings of Julian of Norwich and Richard Rolle, two of the fourteenth-century English Mystics. It argues that, as a consequence of a belief in deification, both produce writing that is helpfully viewed as sacred eloquence. The book begins by …
Exploring Lost Dimensions in Christian Mysticism
Opening to the Mystical
Av Louise Nelstrop, Simon D. Podmore
Häftad, 2021
706 kr
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’Mystical theology’ has developed through a range of meanings, from the hidden dimensions of divine significance in the community’s interpretation of its scriptures to the much later ’science’ of the soul’s ascent into communion with God. The thinkers and questions addressed in this book draws us …
Christian Mysticism and Incarnational Theology
Between Transcendence and Immanence
Av Louise Nelstrop, Simon D. Podmore
Häftad, 2021
706 kr
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This book examines the relationship between transcendence and immanence within Christian mystical and apophatic writings. Original essays from a range of leading, established, and emerging scholars in the field focus on the roles of language, signs, and images, and consider how mystical theology …
Medieval Mystical Women in the West
Growing in the Height of Love
Inbunden, 2024
2890 kr
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This book explores the rich and varied mystical writings by and about medieval – and a few early modern – women across Western Europe. Women had a profound and lasting impact on the development of medieval and early modern spiritual and mystical literature, both through their own writing and as a …
Spiritual Formation as the Hero’s Journey in John of Ruusbroec
Inbunden, 2022
2513 kr
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This book examines the theology of spiritual formation developed by fourteenth-century Flemish mystic John of Ruusbroec, arguing that his formational path clearly and consistently displays the characteristics of the archetypal narrative structure of the hero’s journey.To start with, a hermeneutical …
Medieval Mystical Women in the West
Growing in the Height of Love
Häftad, 2026
762 kr
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This book explores the rich and varied mystical writings by and about medieval – and a few early modern – women across Western Europe. Women had a profound and lasting impact on the development of medieval and early modern spiritual and mystical literature, both through their own writing and as a …
Spiritual Formation as the Hero’s Journey in John of Ruusbroec
Häftad, 2024
648 kr
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This book examines the theology of spiritual formation developed by fourteenth-century Flemish mystic John of Ruusbroec, arguing that his formational path clearly and consistently displays the characteristics of the archetypal narrative structure of the hero’s journey.To start with, a hermeneutical …
Metaphor, Making and Mysticism
Radical Re-Imaginings in Language and Art
Av Sheila Gallagher, Louise Nelstrop m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
2513 kr
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This volume focuses on the interplay between metaphor, making, and mysticism and sheds new light on the power of the metaphorical and creative dimensions of the mystical for the twenty-first century. It explores the ways a variety of mystical writers deal with metaphor and image by bringing …
John of the Cross
Carmel, Desire and Transformation
Av Edward Howells, Peter Tyler
Inbunden, 2024
2513 kr
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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. Leading academics discuss the importance and legacy of John from historical, theological, philosophical, pastoral, ecumenical, …
John of the Cross
Carmel, Desire and Transformation
Av Edward Howells, Peter Tyler
Häftad, 2025
706 kr
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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. Leading academics discuss the importance and legacy of John from historical, theological, philosophical, pastoral, ecumenical, …
Gender and Medieval Mysticism from India to Europe
Av Alexandra Verini, Abir Bazaz
Inbunden, 2023
2513 kr
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This book opens up a dialogue between pre-modern women identified as mystics in diverse locations from South Asia to Europe. It considers how women from the disparate religious traditions of Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity expressed devotion in parallel ways. The argument is that women’s …
Gender and Medieval Mysticism from India to Europe
Av Alexandra Verini, Abir Bazaz
Häftad, 2024
648 kr
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This book opens up a dialogue between pre-modern women identified as mystics in diverse locations from South Asia to Europe. It considers how women from the disparate religious traditions of Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity expressed devotion in parallel ways. The argument is that women’s …
Kierkegaard and Mysticism
Reception, Influence, Resonance
Inbunden, 2025
2513 kr
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Kierkegaard and Mysticism brings together scholars who show that reading Søren Kierkegaard from the perspective of mysticism not only sheds new light on the Dane’s thought but also offers a fresh approach to mysticism as such, considering its relevance for existential questions, ethics, inter-faith …
Semiotic Theory and Sacramentality in Hugh of Saint Victor
Inbunden, 2019
2513 kr
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This book offers Hugh of Saint Victor’s early scholastic thoughts on sacrament in order to re-discover the pre-modern theological understanding of ontological signification. The Christian understanding of sacrament through the category of ‘signs’ results in a theology that inherently shares in the …
Mystical Sources of Existentialist Thought
Being, Nothingness, Love
Av George Pattison, Kate Kirkpatrick
Inbunden, 2018
2513 kr
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At the time when existentialism was a dominant intellectual and cultural force, a number of commentators observed that some of the language of existential philosophy, not least its interpretation of human existence in terms of nothingness, evoked the language of so-called mystical writers. This …
Art and Mysticism
Interfaces in the Medieval and Modern Periods
Av Louise Nelstrop, Helen Appleton
Inbunden, 2018
2513 kr
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From the visual and textual art of Anglo-Saxon England onwards, images held a surprising power in the Western Christian tradition. Not only did these artistic representations provide images through which to find God, they also held mystical potential, and likewise mystical writing, from the early …
Christian Mysticism and Incarnational Theology
Between Transcendence and Immanence
Av Louise Nelstrop, Simon D. Podmore
Inbunden, 2013
2746 kr
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This book examines the relationship between transcendence and immanence within Christian mystical and apophatic writings. Original essays from a range of leading, established, and emerging scholars in the field focus on the roles of language, signs, and images, and consider how mystical theology …
Exploring Lost Dimensions in Christian Mysticism
Opening to the Mystical
Av Louise Nelstrop, Simon D. Podmore
Inbunden, 2013
2746 kr
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’Mystical theology’ has developed through a range of meanings, from the hidden dimensions of divine significance in the community’s interpretation of its scriptures to the much later ’science’ of the soul’s ascent into communion with God. The thinkers and questions addressed in this book draws us …
Mystical Anthropology
Authors from the Low Countries
Inbunden, 2016
2746 kr
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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 Low Countries. Their view is fundamentally …
