An Introduction to Christian Mysticism

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Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1493429086
Total Pages : 208 pages
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Book Synopsis An Introduction to Christian Mysticism by : Jason M. Baxter

Download or read book An Introduction to Christian Mysticism written by Jason M. Baxter and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brief, accessibly written volume introduces key figures, texts, and themes of the mystical tradition and shows how and why the mystics can speak to the church today. Jason Baxter, an expert educator and storyteller, explains that the mystical tradition offers a more robust understanding of God than our current shallow conceptions. Featuring engagement with primary sources and suitable for use in a variety of courses, this book argues that the mystics have much to say to contemporary Christians searching for authentic modes of spirituality.

Growing into God

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Publisher : Quest Books
ISBN 13 : 0835609014
Total Pages : 306 pages
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Book Synopsis Growing into God by : John Mabry

Download or read book Growing into God written by John Mabry and published by Quest Books. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a straightforward look at the Christian mystical tradition, using examples of the classical mystical journey from the lives of Christian mystics.

An Introduction to Christian Mysticism, Etc. (Second Edition.).

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The Little Book of Christian Mysticism

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Publisher : Hampton Roads Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1612833861
Total Pages : 308 pages
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Book Synopsis The Little Book of Christian Mysticism by : Carl McColman

Download or read book The Little Book of Christian Mysticism written by Carl McColman and published by Hampton Roads Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 300 quotations, this book invites the reader to delve into the writings of the great contemplatives and mystics of the past two thousand years. The Little Book of Christian Mysticism provides a user-friendly, insightful, and potentially life-changing introduction to the essential teachings of the greatest mystics in the western wisdom traditions, past and present, including Francis of Assisi, Hildegard of Bingen, Thomas Merton, Evelyn Underhill, Meister Eckhart, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, and Julian of Norwich. Readers can use this book to initiate themselves into this visionary and ecstatic spiritual lineage, and they can also use it as a book of daily meditations. Small enough to fit in one's pocket or handbag, this is truly a user-friendly introduction to this venerable body of wisdom.

Longing for God

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Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 1587689197
Total Pages : 243 pages
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Book Synopsis Longing for God by : Paulsell, William O.

Download or read book Longing for God written by Paulsell, William O. and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of the life and thought of Christian mystics from the time of Augustine of Hippo in the first centuries of the Church, through mediaeval times, and up to the middle of the twentieth century with Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton.

An Introduction to Christian Mysticism

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Total Pages : 104 pages
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Book Synopsis An Introduction to Christian Mysticism by : Eleanor C. Gregory

Download or read book An Introduction to Christian Mysticism written by Eleanor C. Gregory and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Introduction to Christian Mysticism, Etc

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Total Pages : 96 pages
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Book Synopsis An Introduction to Christian Mysticism, Etc by : Eleanor C. Gregory

Download or read book An Introduction to Christian Mysticism, Etc written by Eleanor C. Gregory and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Roots of Christian Mysticism

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ISBN 13 : 9781905039227
Total Pages : 399 pages
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Christian Mysticism

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131716668X
Total Pages : 294 pages
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Book Synopsis Christian Mysticism by : Louise Nelstrop

Download or read book Christian Mysticism written by Louise Nelstrop and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces students to Christian mysticism and modern critical responses to it. Christianity has a rich tradition of mystical theology that first emerged in the writings of the early church fathers, and flourished during the Middle Ages. Today Christian mysticism is increasingly recognised as an important Christian heritage relevant to today's spiritual seekers. The book sets out to provide students and other interested readers with access to the main theoretical approaches to Christian mysticism - including those propounded by William James, Steven Katz, Bernard McGinn, Michael Sells, Denys Turner and Caroline Walker-Bynum. It also explores postmodern re-readings of Christian mysticism by authors such as Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Marion and Jean-François Lyotard. The book first introduces students to the main themes that underpin Christian mysticism. It then reflects on how modern critics have understood each of them, demonstrating that stark delineation between the different theoretical approaches eventually collapses under the weight of the complex interaction between experience and knowledge that lies at the heart of Christian mysticism. In doing so, the book presents a deliberate challenge to a strictly perennialist reading of Christian mysticism. Anyone even remotely familiar with Christian mysticism will know that renewed interest in Christian mystical writers has created a huge array of scholarship with which students of mysticism need to familiarise themselves. This book outlines the various modern theoretical approaches in a manner easily accessible to a reader with little or no previous knowledge of this area, and offers a philosophical/theological introduction to Christian mystical writers beyond the patristic period important for the Latin Western Tradition.

An Introduction to Christian Mysticism

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Publisher : Cistercian Publications Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 484 pages
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Book Synopsis An Introduction to Christian Mysticism by : Thomas Merton

Download or read book An Introduction to Christian Mysticism written by Thomas Merton and published by Cistercian Publications Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these conferences dating to 1961, Thomas Merton provides for his audience of young monks an overview of major themes and figures in the Christian mystical tradition as an integral part of their religious inheritance and a crucial part of their spiritual formation. From Fathers of the Church such as St Athanasius and St Gregory of Nyssa, through such important medieval theologians as St Bonaventure, Hadewijch and Meister Eckhart, to the great Spanish Carmelites St Teresa of Avila and St John of the Cross, Merton traces such key topics as the integration of theology and spirituality; the importance of "natural contemplation"--recognizing the divine presence in creation; the centrality of apophatic or "dark" contemplation; and the role of spiritual direction in forming mature and balanced contemplatives.

The Deeper Life

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Total Pages : 100 pages
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An Introduction to Christian Mysticism

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Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781497821408
Total Pages : 58 pages
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Book Synopsis An Introduction to Christian Mysticism by : Eleanor C. Gregory

Download or read book An Introduction to Christian Mysticism written by Eleanor C. Gregory and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1908 Edition.

Christian Mysticism

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725206803
Total Pages : 456 pages
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Book Synopsis Christian Mysticism by : Harvey D. Egan SJ

Download or read book Christian Mysticism written by Harvey D. Egan SJ and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 1998-09-16 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian mysticism is unique in its view of Jesus' death and resurrection as the very cause and exemplar of the mystical life in all its purity. Jesus' saving death on the cross exemplifies the mystical letting-go of everything consoling, tangible and finite in order to surrender totally to the mystery of the Father's unconditional love. In this introduction to Christian mysticism, Reverend Harvey Egan, S.J. presents four Christian mystics as paradigms of the classical tradition: St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the unknown author of the Cloud of Unknowing. From this foundation he moves to two contemporary figures, Thomas Merton and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, each of whom reflects a contemporary transposition of the two mystical traditions, the apophatic, which emphasizes the radical difference between God and creatures, and the kataphatic, which emphasizes the similarity between God and creatures.

An Introduction to Christian Mysticism

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Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781497937123
Total Pages : 58 pages
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Book Synopsis An Introduction to Christian Mysticism by : Eleanor C. Gregory

Download or read book An Introduction to Christian Mysticism written by Eleanor C. Gregory and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1908 Edition.

Christian Mystics

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Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 1577319532
Total Pages : 418 pages
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Book Synopsis Christian Mystics by : Matthew Fox

Download or read book Christian Mystics written by Matthew Fox and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Matthew Fox notes, when an aging Albert Einstein was asked if he had any regrets, he replied, “I wish I had read more of the mystics earlier in my life.” The 365 writings in Christian Mystics represent a wide-ranging sampling of these readings for modern-day seekers of all faiths — or no faith. Fox is uniquely qualified to comment on these profound, sometimes startling, often denounced insights. In 1998, this longtime member of the Dominican Order was silenced by Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict, for his Creation Spirituality, an ecumenical teaching that embraces gender justice, social justice, and eco-justice. The daily readings he shares here speak to the sacredness of the earth, awe and gratitude, darkness and shadow, compassion and creativity, sacred sexuality, and peacemaking.

The Big Book of Christian Mysticism

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Publisher : Broadleaf Books
ISBN 13 : 1506485766
Total Pages : 322 pages
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Book Synopsis The Big Book of Christian Mysticism by : Carl McColman

Download or read book The Big Book of Christian Mysticism written by Carl McColman and published by Broadleaf Books . This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In popular usage, "mysticism" typically refers to New Age or Eastern forms of spirituality. However, the mystical tradition is also an important component of the Christian tradition. At its heart--and much like its expression in other faith traditions--Christian mysticism is an ancient practice that incorporates meditation, contemplation, worship, philosophy, the quest for personal enlightenment, and the experience of Divine presence. This volume is a comprehensive introduction and guide to Christian mysticism. It is a big book about a big possibility: the hope of achieving real, blissful, experiential unison with God. Among the topics covered here are a general introduction to mysticism, the Bible and mysticism, the history and types of Christian mysticism, biographical sketches of leading Christian mystics, and practical instructions about practicing mysticism today. This is a breathtaking work that explores a form of spirituality that has changed lives over the course of 2,000 years. Learning about Christian mysticism and how it has been articulated through the centuries will prove inspirational for today's seekers, regardless of the faith tradition. "The mystic is not a special kind of person; every person is a special kind of mytic." --William McNamara

Origins of Eastern Christian Mysticism

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Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781433167447
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Book Synopsis Origins of Eastern Christian Mysticism by : Theodore Sabo

Download or read book Origins of Eastern Christian Mysticism written by Theodore Sabo and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Origins of Eastern Christian Mysticism asserts that the thinkers between Basil of Caesarea and Symeon the New Theologian were important mainly for their role in the formation of Hesychasm, a fourteenth-century mystical movement in the Eastern church. The book surveys previous research on Proto-Hesychasm and sets forth eight Hesychastic trends in its practitioners: monasticism, dark and light mysticism, and an emphasis on the heart, theōsis, the humanity of Christ, penthos, and unceasing prayer. Theodore Sabo integrates detailed and carefully researched accounts of the lives and thought of the foundational figures of Hesychasm into a compelling narrative of the movement's origins. The Cappadocian fathers established monasticism as the predominant milieu of Proto-Hesychasm and emphasized both theōsis and dark mysticism. Dark mysticism would come into conflict with the light mysticism of their contemporary Pseudo-Macarius, but both currents would be passed on to the Hesychasts. Macarius was a seminal figure within Proto-Hesychasm, responsible for its stress on light mysticism and heart mysticism. Hesychasm itself, the author contends, emerged from two main Proto-Hesychast fonts, the philosophical (represented by such figures as Pseudo-Dionysius and Maximus the Confessor) and the ascetic (the realm of figures like John Climacus and Isaac of Nineveh). The former school transmitted to Hesychasm a virtually unacknowledged Platonism; the latter contributed to Hesychasm's preoccupation with theōsis, penthos, and unceasing prayer, albeit from a solely monastic perspective. Finally, Symeon the New Theologian emerged as the redoubtable successor to these schools, unifying their distinct traditions in his philosophical approach. While previous scholarship has documented the connections between Proto-Hesychasm and Hesychasm, Origins of Eastern Christian Mysticism is unique in its treatment of the Proto-Hesychasts as a distinguishable group, and as direct instigators of Hesychasm. This provocative study should be of interest to students and scholars of the late antique history of the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as to contemporary theologians steeped in the Eastern mystical tradition.