The Cambridge companion to Christian mysticism edited by Amy Hollywood, Harvard Divinity School, Patricia Z. Beckman, St. Olaf College.

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Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

The Cambridge companion to Christian mysticism edited by Amy Hollywood, Harvard Divinity School, Patricia Z. Beckman, St. Olaf College.

Description

Introduction /Amy Hollywood --Early monasticism /Douglas Burton-Christie --Song, experience, and the book in Benedictine monasticism /Amy Hollywood --New forms of religious life in medieval Western Europe /Walter Simons --Early modern reformations /Edward Howells --Apophatic and cataphatic theology /Andrew Louth --Lectio divina /E. Ann Matter --Meditatio/meditation /Thomas H. Bestul --Oratio/prayer /Rachel Fulton Brown --Visio/vision /Veerle Fraeters --Raptus/rapture /Dyan Elliott --Unio mystica/mystical union /Bernard McGinn --Actio et contemplatio/action and contemplation /Charlotte Radler --Latin and the vernaculars /Barbara Newman --Transmission /Sara S. Poor --Writing /Charles M. Stang --The body and its senses /Patricia Dailey --Mysticism and visuality /Jeffrey F. Hamburger --Emotion /Fiona Somerset --Authority /Mary Frohlich, RSCJ --Gender /Alison Weber --Sexuality /Constance M. Furey --Time and memory /Patricia Dailey. xii, 390 pages :illustrations ;24 cm.

Book Details

Place Published

City

Cambridge

Date Published

2012

Publication Subjects

Mysticism. RELIGION--General.--bisacsh Mysticism.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01031629

Call No.

BV5082.3.C35 2012

ISBN

9780521863650 (hardback), 0521863651 (hardback), 9780521682275 (paperback), 0521682274 (paperback)

LCCN

2011046378

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-370) and indexes.