For the medieval mystical tradition, the Christian soul meets God in a ‘cloud of unknowing’, a divine darkness of ignorance. This meeting with God is beyond all knowing and beyond …
The Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism is a multi-authored interdisciplinary guide to the study of Christian mysticism, with an emphasis on the third through the …
Originally published in 1932, this book presents the content of the Rede Lecture for that year, which was delivered by Edgar Allison Peers at Cambridge University. This book will …
In the western Christian tradition, the mystic was seen as having direct access to God, and therefore great authority. In this study, Dr Jantzen discusses how men of power defined …