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.

Cornell scholarship online.

Medieval societies, religions, and cultures

Cornell scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Presence.

Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ--Divinity.

Jesus Christ--Apparitions and miracles.

Mystical union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.) : 4 b&w halftones

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

'The Mystical Presence of Christ' investigates the connections between exceptional experiences of Christ's presence and ordinary devotion to Christ in the late medieval West. Unsettling the notion that experiences of seeing Christ's figure or hearing Christ speak are simply exceptional events that happen at singular moments, Richard Kieckhefer reveals the entanglements between these experiences and those that occur through the imagery, language, and rituals of ordinary, everyday devotional culture.

Contents:

Divine person, divine and human natures

Narrating the presence of the God-man

Presupposition, intuition, and perception

Prayer, meditation, and presence

Liturgy and presence

Person, personality, and gender

The inculturation of Christ

The presence of Christ in social dynamics

Christ as disciplinarian, bridegroom, and teacher in the life of Dorothea of Montau

Recognized problems.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 23, 2023).

ISBN:

9781501765124

1501765124

9781501765131

1501765132

OCLC:

1293917335