From the visual and textual art of Anglo-Saxon England onwards,
images held a surprising power in the Western Christian tradition.
Not only did these artistic representations provide images through
which to find God, they also held mystical potential, and likewise
mystical writing, from the early medieval period onwards, is also
filled with images of God that likewise refracts and reflects His
glory. This collection of essays introduces the currents of thought
and practice that underpin this artistic engagement with Western
Christian mysticism, and explores the continued link between art
and theology. The book features contributions from an international
panel of leading academics, and is divided into four sections. The
first section offers theoretical and philosophical considerations
of mystical aesthetics and the interplay between mysticism and art.
The final three sections investigate this interplay between the
arts and mysticism from three key vantage points. The purpose of
the volume is to explore this rarely considered yet crucial
interface between art and mysticism. It is therefore an important
and illuminating collection of scholarship that will appeal to
scholars of theology and Christian mysticism as much as those who
study literature, the arts and art history.
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