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When we speak of mystics, we normally think of people who have
confessed extraordinary experiences of divine presence. But
mysticism can also refer to the ways that people have described and
explained such phenomena--ways that challenge our normal modes of
thinking and believing. And the study of mystics can show problems
inherent to experience and language--how to speak and think about
what affects people but lies beyond language or thought.
"Mystics" presents a collection of previously unpublished essays by
prominent scholars that consider both the idea of mystics and
mysticism. The contributors offer detailed discussions of a variety
of mystics from history, including Dionysius the Areopagite, Thomas
Aquinas, Joan of Arc, Nicholas of Cusa, Saint Teresa of Avila,
Martin Luther, and George Herbert. Essays on mysticism in George
Bataille, Maurice Blanchot, and contemporary technology bring the
volume into the twenty-first century.
For anyone interested in the state of current thinking about
mysticism, this collection will be an essential touchstone.
Contributors:
Thomas A. Carlson, Alexander Golitzin, Kevin Hart, Amy Hollywood,
Michael Kessler, Jean-Luc Marion, Bernard McGinn, Francoise
Meltzer, Susan Schreiner, Regina M. Schwartz, Christian Sheppard,
David Tracy
When we speak of mystics, we normally think of people who have
confessed extraordinary experiences of divine presence. But
mysticism can also refer to the ways that people have described and
explained such phenomena--ways that challenge our normal modes of
thinking and believing. And the study of mystics can show problems
inherent to experience and language--how to speak and think about
what affects people but lies beyond language or thought.
"Mystics" presents a collection of previously unpublished essays by
prominent scholars that consider both the idea of mystics and
mysticism. The contributors offer detailed discussions of a variety
of mystics from history, including Dionysius the Areopagite, Thomas
Aquinas, Joan of Arc, Nicholas of Cusa, Saint Teresa of Avila,
Martin Luther, and George Herbert. Essays on mysticism in George
Bataille, Maurice Blanchot, and contemporary technology bring the
volume into the twenty-first century.
For anyone interested in the state of current thinking about
mysticism, this collection will be an essential touchstone.
Contributors:
Thomas A. Carlson, Alexander Golitzin, Kevin Hart, Amy Hollywood,
Michael Kessler, Jean-Luc Marion, Bernard McGinn, Francoise
Meltzer, Susan Schreiner, Regina M. Schwartz, Christian Sheppard,
David Tracy
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