Two worlds are ours : an introduction to Christian mysticism /
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Minneapolis :
Fortress Press,
2005.
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| Edition: | 1st Fortress Press ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- What is mysticism?
- Biblical roots of Christian mysticism: old testament, Moses
- Biblical roots of Christian mysticism: new testament, Paul
- Greek input, platonism: Clement of Alexandria, Origen
- Greek input, neo-platonism: Gregory of Nyssa, Augustine of Hippo, Dionysius the Areopagite
- The dark ages: Maximus Confessor, John of Damascus, John Scotus Eriugena
- The early middle ages: Symeon the New Theologian, Bernard of Clairvaux, Richard of St Victor
- The high middle ages: Bonaventure, Meister Eckhart
- Women mystics: Julian of Norwich, Catherine of Siena, Catherine of Genoa
- Some Spanish mystics: Ignatius Loyola, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross
- Post-reformation mystics: Jakob Bohme, Blaise Pascal, George Fox, William Law
- Eighteenth century: Jonathan Edwards, John Woolman
- Nineteenth century: John Keble, S©ıren Kierkegaard, Charles de Foucauld
- Twentieth cenbury [sic.]: Henri Bergson, Rudolf Otto, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Jacques Maritain, Thomas Merton
- Concluding remarks.