Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism

Name: Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism
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ISBN: 9780521682275

ISBN-10: 0521682274

ISBN-13: 9780521682275

Edition: 2012

Authors: Amy Hollywood, Patricia Z. Beckman

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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. The book is thematically organized in terms of the central contexts, practices, and concepts associated with the mystical life in early, medieval, and early modern Christianity. Written by leading authorities and younger scholars from a range of disciplines, the volume both provides a clear introduction to the Christian mystical life and articulates a bold new approach to the study of mysticism. The book looks beyond the term "mysticism," which was an early modern invention, to explore the ways in the…

Book details

Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/17/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 404
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.90" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Introduction




Contexts:



Early monasticism




Song, experience, and the book in Benedictine monasticism




New religious movements in medieval western Europe




Early modern reformations




Key Terms:



Apophatic and cataphatic theology




Lectio divina




Meditatio/meditation




Oratio/prayer Rachel




Visio/vision




Raptus/rapture




Unio mystica/mystical union




Actio et contemplatio/action and contemplation




Contemporary Questions:



Latin and the vernaculars




Transmission




Writing




The body and its senses




Mysticism and visuality




Emotions




Authority




Gender




Sexuality




Time and memory