The Christian mystery : from pagan myth to Christian mysticism / Louis Bouyer; translated by Illtyd Trethowan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bouyer, Louis, 1913-2004.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mysticism.

Mysteries, Religious.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : T. & T. Clark, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of the most gifted and internationally renowned theologians of our time here explores the importance of mystery and mysticism in the Christian tradition. He begins with a historical look at myth and mystery in pagan, Hellenistic and Classical cults, and the subsequent development in Christian mysticism and spirituality. From myth and mystery he moved to mysticism in the Christian West up to the present. Christian tradition is compared to Jewish, Islamic and Buddhist mystic experiences. Throughout, Bouyer seeks to focus on the power and meaning of these phenomena in their place in the moder

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Chapter One: PRESENTING THE PAULINE MYSTERY; Chapter Two: THE PAGAN MYSTERIES: ELEUSIS; Chapter Three: FROM THE CULT OF THE MOTHERGODDESSES TO THE MYSTERIES OF HELLENISM; Chapter Four: FROM DIONYSUS TO ORPHISM AND THE MYSTERIES OF MITHRAS; Chapter Five: THE BIBLICAL SOURCES OF THE PAULINE MYSTERY: FROM APOCALYPTIC TO THE MYSTERY; Chapter Six: THE BIBLICAL SOURCES OF THE PAULINE MYSTERY: FROM MYTHS TO WISDOM; Chapter Seven: THE MYSTERY AND THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST; Chapter Eight: THE PAULINE GOSPEL OF THE SECOND ADAM AND THE MYSTERY

Chapter Nine: THE MYSTERY AND THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST IN THE JOHANNINE WRITINGSChapter Ten: THE MYSTERY IN THE APOSTOLIC AND SUB-APOSTOLIC FATHERS; Chapter Eleven: THE MYSTERY ACCORDING TO THE CHRISTIANS OF ALEXANDRIA: CLEMENT AND GNOSIS; Chapter Twelve: THE MYSTERY ACCORDING TO THE CHRISTIANS OF ALEXANDRIA: ORIGEN AND THE MYSTICAL MEANING OF THE SCRIPTURES; Chapter Thirteen: THE CATECHESIS OF THE FOURTH CENTURY AND THE MYSTICAL CONTENT OF THE CHRISTIAN LITURGY; Chapter Fourteen: MYSTICAL CONTEMPLATION ACCORDING TO THE FATHERS; Chapter Fifteen: PHILOSOPHY AND MYSTICISM

Chapter Sixteen: THE DEVELOPMENT OF MYSTICISM IN THE CHURCH OF THE FATHERSChapter Seventeen: THE DEVELOPMENT OF MYSTICISM IN THE MEDIEVAL WEST; Chapter Eighteen: MODERN TIMES: MYSTICISM AND PSYCHOLOGY; Chapter Nineteen: MYSTICISM AND NON-CHRISTIAN CONTEMPLATION; CONCLUSION: EXPERIENCE, MYSTERY AND SACRIFICE, THE MARRIAGE FEAST OF THE LAMB AND OUR FILIATIOIN; Biblical Index (and reference to Judaica); Index of Ancient Authors; Index of Modern Authors

Notes:

Translation of Mysterion: du mystère à la mystique.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612452512

9781282452510

1282452517

9780567408860

0567408868

OCLC:

603721795