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Author : Pseudo-Dionysius (the Areopagite.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Deonise Hid Diuinite written by Pseudo-Dionysius (the Areopagite.) and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141907592
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works written by and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2001-08-30 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains The Cloud of Unknowing, The Mystical Theology of Saint Denis, The Book of Privy Counselling, and An Epistle on Prayer. Against a tradition of devotional writings which focussed on knowing God through Christ's Passion and his humanity, these texts describe a transcendent God who exists beyond human knowledge and human language. These four texts are at the heart of medival mystical theology in their call for contemplation, calm, and above all, love, as the way to understand the Divine.
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Publisher : Paraclete Press
ISBN 13 : 1612617182
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (126 download)
Download or read book The Complete Cloud of Unknowing written by and published by Paraclete Press. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central to the Christian mystical tradition is the inspired work of the anonymous author of The Cloud of Unknowing. Rich with insights and perceptions of the obscurity and “unknowability” of God, this work reveals God as being on an entirely different plane of existence from human beings—so different that time-bound human language is inadequate to describe God exhaustively or accurately. Intellect and emotion both fail in seeking God, who can only be encountered by rejecting all common earthly means in a “cloud of forgetting” and the discovery of Godself in the dark “cloud of unknowing” that can be pierced only with a “lance of longing love.” Now, we finally have a translation that captures all of this beauty and complexity, without minimizing the nuances, all of which are explained with extensive introductions and accompanying notes. "If I could keep with me only two books and a journal, this book would be one of the books. As far as I’m concerned it’s the most important book (and among the most influential) on Christian prayer in the last two millennia. I'm delighted to endorse this fine new translation and commentary.”—The Rev. Dr. Chris Neufeld-Erdman, University Presbyterian Church, Fresno, CA , author of Beyond Chaos: Living the Christian Family in a World Like Ours and Returning to the Center: Living Prayer in a Distracting World "The Complete Cloud of Unknowing includes two classics of medieval Christian contemplative spirituality — essential reading for anyone seeking to deepen their relationship with God through the practice of silent prayer. They are rich texts, full of nuanced wisdom that often gets lost in modern translations. Father John-Julian has captured the beauty, humor and literary elegance of the original versions, but also has supplemented his translation with detailed notes that convey the subtle spiritual insight that makes these works required reading. I'm excited about this book — it's a title I will recommend both to beginners and to longstanding students of The Cloud.” —Carl McColman, author of Answering the Contemplative Call and The Lion, the Mouse and the Dawn Treader
Author : Louise Nelstrop
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100069108X
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)
Download or read book On Deification and Sacred Eloquence written by Louise Nelstrop and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the place of deification in the writings of Julian of Norwich and Richard Rolle, two of the fourteenth-century English Mystics. It argues that, as a consequence of a belief in deification, both produce writing that is helpfully viewed as sacred eloquence. The book begins by discussing the nature of deification, employing Norman Russell’s typology. It explores the realistic and ethical approaches found in the writings of several Early Greek Fathers, including Irenaeus of Lyons, Cyril of Alexandria, Origen, and Evagrius Ponticus, as well as engaging with the debate around whether deification is a theological idea found in the West across its history. The book then turns its attention to Julian and Rolle, arguing that both promote forms of deification: Rolle offering a primarily ethical approach, while Julian’s approach is more realistic. Finally, the book addresses the issue of sacred eloquence, arguing that both Rolle and Julian, in some sense, view their words as divinely inspired in ways that demand an exegetical response that is para-biblical. Offering an important perspective on a previously understudied area of mysticism and deification, this book will be of interest to scholars of mysticism, theology, and Middle English religious literature.
Author : John Arnold
Publisher : DS Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9781843840305
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (43 download)
Download or read book A Companion to The Book of Margery Kempe written by John Arnold and published by DS Brewer. This book was released on 2004 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays by twelve historians and literary critics who explore Margery Kempe, her Book, and her world.
Author : P. S. Jolliffe
Publisher : PIMS
ISBN 13 : 9780888443519
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (435 download)
Download or read book A Check-list of Middle English Prose Writings of Spiritual Guidance written by P. S. Jolliffe and published by PIMS. This book was released on 1974 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William F. Pollard
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780859915168
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (151 download)
Download or read book Mysticism and Spirituality in Medieval England written by William F. Pollard and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1997 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on the ways in which the mystical writers of the fourteenth and fifteenth century responded to and influenced each other.
Author : Pseudo-Dionysius (the Areopagite)
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Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (385 download)
Download or read book Deonise Hid Diuinite written by Pseudo-Dionysius (the Areopagite) and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wolfgang Riehle
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801470927
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)
Download or read book The Secret Within written by Wolfgang Riehle and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-07 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiritual seekers throughout history have sought illumination through solitary contemplation. In the Christian tradition, medieval England stands out for its remarkable array of hermits, recluses, and spiritual outsiders—from Cuthbert, Godric of Fichale, and Christina of Markyate to Richard Rolle, Julian of Norwich, and Margery Kempe. In The Secret Within, Wolfgang Riehle offers the first comprehensive history of English medieval mysticism in decades—one that will appeal to anyone fascinated by mysticism as a phenomenon of religious life. In considering the origins and evolution of the English mystical tradition, Riehle begins in the twelfth century with the revival of eremitical mysticism and the early growth of the Cistercian Order in the British Isles. He then focuses in depth on the great mystics of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries—Richard Rolle (the first great English mystic), the author of The Cloud of Unknowing, Walter Hilton, Margery Kempe, and Julian of Norwich. Riehle carefully grounds his narrative in the broader spiritual landscape of the Middle Ages, pointing out both prior influences dating back to Late Antiquity and corresponding developments in mysticism and theology on the Continent. He discusses the problem of possible differences between male and female spirituality and the movement of popularizing mysticism in the late Middle Ages. Filled with fresh insights, The Secret Within will be welcomed especially by teachers and students of medieval literature as well as by those engaged in historical, theological, philosophical, cultural, even anthropological and comparative studies of mysticism.
Author : Curtis A. Gruenler
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268101655
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (681 download)
Download or read book Piers Plowman and the Poetics of Enigma written by Curtis A. Gruenler and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2017-04-30 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Curtis Gruenler proposes that the concept of the enigmatic, latent in a wide range of medieval thinking about literature, can help us better understand in medieval terms much of the era’s most enduring literature, from the riddles of the Anglo-Saxon bishop Aldhelm to the great vernacular works of Dante, Chaucer, Julian of Norwich, and, above all, Langland’s Piers Plowman. Riddles, rhetoric, and theology—the three fields of meaning of aenigma in medieval Latin—map a way of thinking about reading and writing obscure literature that was widely shared across the Middle Ages. The poetics of enigma links inquiry about language by theologians with theologically ambitious literature. Each sense of enigma brings out an aspect of this poetics. The playfulness of riddling, both oral and literate, was joined to a Christian vision of literature by Aldhelm and the Old English riddles of the Exeter Book. Defined in rhetoric as an obscure allegory, enigma was condemned by classical authorities but resurrected under the influence of Augustine as an aid to contemplation. Its theological significance follows from a favorite biblical verse among medieval theologians, “We see now through a mirror in an enigma, then face to face” (1 Cor. 13:12). Along with other examples of the poetics of enigma, Piers Plowman can be seen as a culmination of centuries of reflection on the importance of obscure language for knowing and participating in endless mysteries of divinity and humanity and a bridge to the importance of the enigmatic in modern literature. This book will be especially useful for scholars and undergraduate students interested in medieval European literature, literary theory, and contemplative theology.
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Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1611806224
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (118 download)
Download or read book The Cloud of Unknowing written by and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A marvelously readable translation of the great Middle English classic of Christian mysticism—now part of the beautifully designed Shambhala Pocket Library collection This anonymous fourteenth-century text is the glory of English mysticism, and one of the most practical and useful guides to finding union with God ever written. Carmen Acevedo Butcher’s new translation is the first to bring the text into a modern English idiom—while remaining strictly faithful to the meaning of the original Middle English. The Cloud of Unknowing consists of a series of letters written by a monk to his student or disciple, instructing him (or her) in the way of Divine union. Its theology is presented in a way that is remarkably easy to understand, as well as practical, providing advice on prayer and contemplation that anyone can use. Previous translations of the Cloud have tended to veil its intimate, even friendly tone under medieval-sounding language. Carmen Butcher has boldly brought the text into language as appealing to modern ears as it was to its original readers more than five hundred years ago.
Author : Andrew Louth
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192638157
Total Pages : 4474 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church written by Andrew Louth and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-17 with total page 4474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uniquely authoritative and wide-ranging in its scope, The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church is the indispensable reference work on all aspects of the Christian Church. It contains over 6,500 cross-referenced A-Z entries, and offers unrivalled coverage of all aspects of this vast and often complex subject, from theology; churches and denominations; patristic scholarship; and the bible; to the church calendar and its organization; popes; archbishops; other church leaders; saints; and mystics. In this new edition, great efforts have been made to increase and strengthen coverage of non-Anglican denominations (for example non-Western European Christianity), as well as broadening the focus on Christianity and the history of churches in areas beyond Western Europe. In particular, there have been extensive additions with regards to the Christian Church in Asia, Africa, Latin America, North America, and Australasia. Significant updates have also been included on topics such as liturgy, Canon Law, recent international developments, non-Anglican missionary activity, and the increasingly important area of moral and pastoral theology, among many others. Since its first appearance in 1957, the ODCC has established itself as an essential resource for ordinands, clergy, and members of religious orders, and an invaluable tool for academics, teachers, and students of church history and theology, as well as for the general reader.
Author : Julian (of Norwich)
Publisher : PIMS
ISBN 13 : 9780888440358
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)
Download or read book A Book of Showings to the Anchoress Julian of Norwich written by Julian (of Norwich) and published by PIMS. This book was released on 1978 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marion Glasscoe
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780859912365
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (123 download)
Download or read book The Medieval Mystical Tradition in England written by Marion Glasscoe and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1987 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These papers are the proceedings of the fourth international Exeter Symposium. They promote enquiry into, and understanding of, the medieval mystics and the cultural context to which they belong. Here, historians, literary critics, theologians, philosophers and bibliographical scholars explore ways in which the contemplative tradition was mediated and perceived in the very early and very late medieval period, and ask fundamental questions about the nature of contemporary understanding of this subject. CONTRIBUTORS: GEORGE R. KEISER, SUE ELLEN HOLBROOK, WILLIAM F. POLLARD, JAMES HOGG, SANDRA MCENTIRE, ANNE SAVAGE, PETER DINZELBACHER, NICHOLAS WATSON, PETER MOORE, ROBERT K. FORMAN
Author : Mechthild (of Hackeborn)
Publisher : PIMS
ISBN 13 : 9780888440464
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (44 download)
Download or read book The booke of gostlye grace of Mechtild of Hackeborn written by Mechthild (of Hackeborn) and published by PIMS. This book was released on 1979 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Modern Language Association of America. Middle English Group
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Manual of the Writings in Middle English, 1050-1500 written by Modern Language Association of America. Middle English Group and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Basil Pennington
Publisher : Image
ISBN 13 : 0307759393
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Centering Prayer written by Basil Pennington and published by Image. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The practice of prayer and meditation in modern Western Christianity is rooted in the Eastern tradition of early Church prayer as well as the wisdom of early Church fathers. In Centering Prayer, M. Basil Pennington, the author of the highly acclaimed Daily We Touch Him, returns to these roots, offering contemporary Christians a new approach to ancient prayer forms. Pennington combines the best of the Eastern spiritual exercises (such as the Jesus Prayer) with a spirituality for today's world. Addressing the obstacles that discourage people from praying well, he explains how to relax for prayer, how to listen to and be directed by the Other, and how to handle the pain and distractions that can stifle attempts to communicate with God. Centering Prayer has sold more than a quarter million copies since it was first published in 1982. In this eminently practical book, simple, inspiring instructions will help readers find the comfort and the guidance they seek through prayer.
