Exploring Lost Dimensions in Christian Mysticism

âMystical theologyâ has developed through a range of meanings from the hidden dimensions of divine significance in the communityâs interpretation of its scriptures to the much later âscienceâ of the soulâs ascent into communion with God. The thinkers and questions addressed in this book draws us into the heart of a complicated beautiful and often tantalisingly unfinished conversation continuing over centuries and often brushing allusively into parallel concerns in other religions. Raising fundamental matters of epistemology representation metaphysics and divine reality contributors approach the mystical from postmodern feminist sociological and historical perspectives through thinkers such as Meister Eckhart Thomas Aquinas Catherine of Siena Ignatius of Loyola William James Evelyn Underhill Ernst Troeltsch Rudolf Otto Jacques Derrida Jean-Luc Marion and Jean-Louis ChrÃtien. Medieval and early modern radical prophetic approaches are also explored. This book includes new essays by Sarah Apetrei Tina Beattie Raphel Cadenhead Oliver Davies Philip Endean Brian FitzGerald Ann Loades George Pattison Simon D. Podmore Joel D. S. Rasmussen and Johannes Zachhuber. Language: English