The mysticism of The cloud of unknowing
By: William Johnston ; foreword by Thomas Merton
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780823236824; 9780585380575; 9780823276943
Subjects: Mysticism; History; Buddhism; Mysticisme; Histoire; Bouddhisme; RELIGION; Middle Ages; Cloud of unknowing
Description: 'The Cloud of Unknowing' was the work of an unknown 14th-century English writer with a powerful message of God's unconditional love in the face of despair. Johnston's theological treatment of this and other works by the same writer makes a conscious comparison with Oriental ways of contemplation.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Desclee Co., 1967. With new pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I:; title: Knowledge.; title: The Problem of Unknowing --; title: The Cloud of Forgetting --; title: The Cloud Of Unknowing --; title: The Cloud and Christ --; title: The Cloud And The Church --; title: Conclusion -- -- Part II:; title: Love.; title: The Blind Stirring --; title: The Blind Stirring And Christian Perfection --; title: Knowledge and Love (I) --; title: Knowledge And Love (II) --; title: Conclusion: "High Ghostly Wisdom" -- -- Part III:; title: Purification.; title: Necessity Of Purification --; title: The Path of Purification --; title: Conclusion -- -- Part IV:; title: Union.; title: The Summit --; title: God and Creature --; title: The Divinization of Man --; title: The Spiritual Marriage --; title: General Conclusion.