Mystics
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: November 19, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780195300383
Subjects: Christian Theology - History; Religion / Mysticism; Mysticism; Religion; Religion - Inspirational/Spirituality; Mystics
Description: In Mystics, William Harmless, S.J., introduces readers to the scholarly study of mysticism. He expolores both mystics' extraordinary lives and their no-less-extraordinary writings using a unique case-study method centered on detailed examinations of six major Christian mystics: Thomas Merton, Bernard of Clairvaux, Hildegard of Bingen, Bonaventure, Meister Eckhart, and Evagrius Ponticus. Rather than presenting mysticism as a subtle web of psychological or theological abstractions, Harless's case-study approach brings things down to earth, restoring mystics to their historical context.