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The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Christian Mysticism brings together a team of leading international scholars to explore the origins, evolution, and contemporary debates relating to Christian mystics, texts, and the movements they inspired.

  • Provides a comprehensive and engaging account of Christian mysticism, from its origins right up to the present day
  • Draws on the best of current scholarship by bringing together a collection of newly-commissioned readings by leading scholars
  • Considers examples of mysticism in both Eastern and Western Christianity
  • Offers a brilliant synthesis of the key figures and historical periods of mysticism; its core themes, such as heresy, gender, or aesthetics; and its theoretical considerations, including theological, literary, social scientific, and philosophical approaches
  • Features chapters on current debates such as neuroscience and mystical experience, and inter-religious dialogue

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Christian Mysticism

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The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Christian Mysticism brings together a team of leading international scholars to explore the origins, evolution, and... Read more

    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 19/10/2012
    ISBN13: 9781444332865, 978-1444332865
    ISBN10: 1444332864

    Number of Pages: 672

    Non Fiction , Religion

    Description

    The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Christian Mysticism brings together a team of leading international scholars to explore the origins, evolution, and contemporary debates relating to Christian mystics, texts, and the movements they inspired.

    • Provides a comprehensive and engaging account of Christian mysticism, from its origins right up to the present day
    • Draws on the best of current scholarship by bringing together a collection of newly-commissioned readings by leading scholars
    • Considers examples of mysticism in both Eastern and Western Christianity
    • Offers a brilliant synthesis of the key figures and historical periods of mysticism; its core themes, such as heresy, gender, or aesthetics; and its theoretical considerations, including theological, literary, social scientific, and philosophical approaches
    • Features chapters on current debates such as neuroscience and mystical experience, and inter-religious dialogue

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