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Christian Mysticism

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
  • 14 x 21.6 x 2.4 cm

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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.
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  • Title

    Christian Mysticism

  • Author

    Egan Harvey D. Sj Egan

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Wipf & Stock Publishers

  • Published

    September 1998

  • Weight

    527g

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 2.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9781579101534

  • ISBN-10

    1579101534

  • Eden Code

    5231889

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