The Cambridge companion to Christian mysticism / [edited by] Amy Hollywood, Harvard Divinity School, Patricia Z. Beckman, St. Olaf College.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hollywood, Amy M., 1963-

Beckman, Patricia Z., 1967-

Series:

Cambridge companions to religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mysticism.

Physical Description:

xii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2012]

Summary:

The Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism is a multi-authored interdisciplinary guide to the study of Christian mysticism, with an emphasis on the third through the seventeenth centuries. This book looks beyond the term 'mysticism', which was an early modern invention, to explore the ways in which the ancient terms 'mystic' and 'mystical' were used in the Christian tradition: what kinds of practices, modes of life and experiences were described as 'mystical'? What understanding of Christianity and of the life of Christian perfection is articulated through mystical interpretations of scripture, mystical contemplation, mystical vision, mystical theology or mystical union? This volume both provides a clear introduction to the Christian mystical life and articulates a bold new approach to the study of mysticism.

Contents:

Introduction / Amy Hollywood and Patricia Z. Beckman

Part I. Contexts: Early monasticism / Douglas Burton-Christie

Song, experience, and the book in Benedictine monasticism / Amy Hollywood

New religious movements in medieval western Europe / Walter Simons

Early modern reformations / Edward Howells

Part II. Key Terms: Apophatic and cataphatic theology / Andrew Louth

Lectio divina / E. Ann Matter

Meditatio/meditation / Thomas Bestul

Oratio/prayer / Rachel Fulton Brown

Visio/vision / Veerle Fraeters

Raptus/rapture / Dyan Elliott

Unio mystica/mystical union / Bernard McGinn

Actio et contemplatio/action and contemplation / Charlotte Radler

Part III. Contemporary Questions: Latin and the vernaculars / Barbara Newman

Transmission / Sara S. Poor

Writing /Charles M. Stang

The body and its senses / Patricia Dailey

Mysticism and visuality / Jeffrey Hamburger

Emotions / Fiona Somerset

Authority / Mary Frohlich

Gender / Alison Weber

Sexuality / Constance Furey

Time and memory / Patricia Dailey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-370) and index.

ISBN:

9780521863650

0521863651

9780521682275

0521682274

OCLC:

762373240