Bridging the Void: New Interpretations of Christian Mysticism and Mystical Theology
There is currently a welcome intensification of interest in the contemporary theological significance of both historical traditions of mystical theology and twentieth-century theories of mysticism. This review article surveys and evaluates the stimulating range of approaches to these two issues cont...
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Format: | Electronic Review |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2015
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Reviews in religion and theology
Year: 2015, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 211-217 |
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mystical theology
B Book review B Religious Experience B Dionysianism B Mysticism B William James |
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Summary: | There is currently a welcome intensification of interest in the contemporary theological significance of both historical traditions of mystical theology and twentieth-century theories of mysticism. This review article surveys and evaluates the stimulating range of approaches to these two issues contained in the essays in these volumes. It suggests that the volumes make evident the difficulty of attempting to uncover an underlying conceptual unity in these two historically entangled but deeply different forms of thought. The historical and philosophical sophistication with which many of these essays reflect on these tensions, however, points towards fruitful lines of future enquiry. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9418 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Reviews in religion and theology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/rirt.12507 |