Christian Mystics : Their Lives and Legacies Throughout the Ages

ISBN-13: 9780415326520 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 288 str.

Ursula King

Opis

Christian Mystics tells the story of sixty men and women whose mystical devotion to God transformed the times in which they lived and still affects our present-day search for spiritual meaning. Moving from key figures of the early Christian age to the great mystics of modern times, and giving special emphasis to the great high points of mysticism in the medieval, early modern and Eastern Orthodox traditions, the book describes the lives of visionaries including Clement of Alexandria, Saint Bonaventure, Blaise Pascal and Simone Weil. It reveals the richly diverse expressions that mystical experience has found during two thousand years of Christian history, and shows how it underpins Christian ritual and doctrine as a source of spiritual inspiration for all believers.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Background and themes 2. Early Christian mystics 3. Medieval mystics 4. Mystics of the early modern period 5. Eastern Orthodox mystics 6. Mystics of our time Conclusion Bibliography Index Acknowledgements

O autorze

Ursula King is Professor Emertius in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Bristol. Widely known internationally, her many publications include several books on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and women in world religions. She now works freelance on comparative spirituality, interfaith dialogue and wider issues of religion and gender.