The Cambridge companion to Christian mysticism / [edited by] Amy Hollywood, Harvard Divinity School, Patricia Z. Beckman, St. Olaf College.
Hollywood, Amy M., 1963-; Beckman, Patricia Z., 1967-
2012
BV5082.3 .C35 2012 (Mapit)
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Title The Cambridge companion to Christian mysticism / [edited by] Amy Hollywood, Harvard Divinity School, Patricia Z. Beckman, St. Olaf College.
ISBN 9780521863650
0521863651
9780521682275 (pbk.)
0521682274 (pbk.)
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2012]
Copyright ©2012
Language English
Description xii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Call Number BV5082.3 .C35 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 248.2/2
Summary The Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism is a multi-authored interdisciplinary guide to the study of Christian mysticism, with an emphasis on the third through the seventeenth centuries. This book looks beyond the term 'mysticism', which was an early modern invention, to explore the ways in which the ancient terms 'mystic' and 'mystical' were used in the Christian tradition: what kinds of practices, modes of life and experiences were described as 'mystical'? What understanding of Christianity and of the life of Christian perfection is articulated through mystical interpretations of scripture, mystical contemplation, mystical vision, mystical theology or mystical union? This volume both provides a clear introduction to the Christian mystical life and articulates a bold new approach to the study of mysticism.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-370) and index.
Added Author Hollywood, Amy M., 1963-
Beckman, Patricia Z., 1967-
Series Cambridge companions to religion.
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Introduction / Amy Hollywood and Patricia Z. Beckman
Part I. Contexts: Early monasticism / Douglas Burton-Christie
Song, experience, and the book in Benedictine monasticism / Amy Hollywood
New religious movements in medieval western Europe / Walter Simons
Early modern reformations / Edward Howells
Part II. Key Terms: Apophatic and cataphatic theology / Andrew Louth
Lectio divina / E. Ann Matter
Meditatio/meditation / Thomas 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
Part III. Contemporary Questions: 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 Hamburger
Emotions / Fiona Somerset
Authority / Mary Frohlich
Gender / Alison Weber
Sexuality / Constance Furey
Time and memory / Patricia Dailey.

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