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The essential writings of Christian mysticism / edited and with an introduction by Bernard McGinn.
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TextSeries: Modern Library classicsPublication details: New York : Modern Library, 2006.Edition: Modern Library pbk. edDescription: xviii, 559 p. ; 21 cmISBN: - 0812974212
- 9780812974218
- ARCH YNDC 248.2 M478E 22
- BV5082.3 .E87 2006
Contents:
1: Foundations of mystical practice -- Biblical interpretation -- Asceticism and purgation -- Prayer, liturgy, and sacraments -- Inner and outer practices -- Mystical itineraries -- 2: Aspects of mystical consciousness -- Living the trinity -- Encountering Christ -- Love and knowledge -- Positive and negative ways to God -- Vision, contemplation, and rapture -- Distress and dereliction -- Deification and birthing -- Union with God -- 3: Implications of the mystical life -- Mysticism and heresy -- Contemplation and action.
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| ARCH YNDC 248.2 A464P Perceiving God : the epistemology of religious experience / | ARCH YNDC 248.2 C249S Silent fire : an invitation to Western mysticism / | ARCH YNDC 248.2 J66I Religious experience in earliest Christianity : a missing dimension in New Testament studies / | ARCH YNDC 248.2 M478E The essential writings of Christian mysticism / | ARCH YNDC 248.2 S294D Dancing alone : the quest for Orthodox faith in the age of false religion / | ARCH YNDC 248.2 T284C Christ the truth, an essay | ARCH YNDC 248.2 T944D The darkness of God : negativity in Christian mysticism / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [553]-559).
1: Foundations of mystical practice -- Biblical interpretation -- Asceticism and purgation -- Prayer, liturgy, and sacraments -- Inner and outer practices -- Mystical itineraries -- 2: Aspects of mystical consciousness -- Living the trinity -- Encountering Christ -- Love and knowledge -- Positive and negative ways to God -- Vision, contemplation, and rapture -- Distress and dereliction -- Deification and birthing -- Union with God -- 3: Implications of the mystical life -- Mysticism and heresy -- Contemplation and action.
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