The mystical presence of Christ : the exceptional and the ordinary in late medieval religion / Richard Kieckhefer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kieckhefer, Richard, author.

Series:

Medieval societies, religions, and cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Presence.

Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ--Divinity.

Jesus Christ--Apparitions and miracles.

Mystical union.

Divinity of Christ.

Miracles of Jesus Christ.

Presence of Jesus Christ.

Physical Description:

xvii, 362 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"Explores the connections between exceptional experience of Christ's presence and ordinary Christocentric devotion and argues that for both exceptional and ordinary piety it was crucially important that Christ be seen as divine. Subjects examined in the book include German nuns of Helfta and later Dominicans, Margery Kempe, Angela of Foligno, Catherine of Siena, and Dorothea of Montau"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. One The Subject and Manner of Manifestation

1. Divine Person, Divine and Human Natures

2. Narrating the Presence of the God-Man

3. Presupposition, Intuition, and Perception

pt. Two Contexts and Aspects of Manifestation

4. Prayer, Meditation, and Presence

5. Liturgy and Presence

6. Person, Personality, and Gender

7. The Inculturation of Christ

8. The Presence of Christ in Social Dynamics

9. Christ as Disciplinarian, Bridegroom, and Teacher in the Life of Dorothea of Montau

10. The Problematics of Presence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Kieckhefer, Richard. Mystical presence of Christ.

ISBN:

9781501765117

1501765116

OCLC:

1285052182