The Use of Scripture by the English Mystics
Author | : Sister Mary Eleanor Eaton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 690 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Sister Mary Eleanor Eaton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 690 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Wolfgang Riehle |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2019-06-26 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0429560532 |
Originally published as an English translation in 1981, The Middle English Mystics is a crucial contribution to the study of the literature of English mysticism. This book surveys and analyses the language of metaphor in the writings of such mystics as Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton, Julian of Norwich, and in such anonymous works as The Cloud of Unknowing and the Ancrene Wisse. The main emphasis of this comparative and stylistic study is not theological but rather the means by which theological concepts are communicated through language. The book sets the English mystics in perspective by establishing their place in the European mystical movement of the Middle Ages. It shows how intricate the relationship between English, and continental mysticism really is. The book suggests that there is clear links between English and German female mysticism, yet the mysticism is in the main due not so much to specific influences as to the common background of Christian theology and mysticism.
Author | : Joan M. Nuth |
Publisher | : Medieval English Mystics |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Examines the extraordinary flowering of English spirituality in the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries.
Author | : Steven T. Katz |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0195097033 |
This will be the fourth in an influential series of volumes on mysticism edited by Steven T. Katz, presenting a basic revaluation of the nature of mysticism. Each presents a collection of solicited papers by noted experts in the study of religion. This new volume will explore how the great mystics and mystical traditions use, interpret, and reconstruct the sacred scriptures of their traditions.
Author | : Gordon C. Miller |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 1996-01-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0826427243 |
A distinctive feature of Western religous life in recent years has been the rediscovery of the contemplative tradition in Christianity. Within the Christian mystical tradition, England holds a unique place, with a number of major figures from the Middle Ages and later whose writings have fascinated generations of readers. This book presents seven of them, five from the medieval period, the golden age of English mysticism - Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton, the author of The Cloud of Unknowing, Julian of Norwich, and Margery Kempe; and two from later centuries - William Law and George Herbert. Each chapter consists of an introductory essay on the life and writings of each individual, followed by carefully chosen extracts from their writings. Those from the medieval period are in fresh new translations. All these writers see the spiritual life as an ongoing process, a pilgrimage. This inner pigrimage requires no outer excursions, but throughout the ages spiritual pilgrims have undertaken physical pilgrimages as well. One aim of this book is to encourage its readers to continue this tradition by visiting sites from which the writings arose. So each chapter is provided with a map of the area of immediate interest and a drawing of the place most associated with each figure, and the introductory essays contain practical information about how to get there. No other anthology of mystical and spiritual writings describes the lives and locations of these individuals in this way. Gordon L. Miller, Ph.D., is a writer and historian living near Seattle, Washington. He attended Milligan College and Christian Theological Seminary. This book developed from a period of post-graduate study at Cambridge University , when he visited the sites described in the book, a journey which, he says, "made the historical grounding of the English mystical tradition much more real to me". He is also the author of Wisdom of the Earth: Visions of an Ecological Faith.
Author | : William Ralph Inge |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Mysticism |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Julia Gatta |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 147 |
Release | : 2004-01-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 172520908X |
Spiritual Direction from the English Mystics: 'The Revelations of Divine Love', by Julian of Norwich 'The Cloud of Unknowing', Anonymous 'Scale of Perfection', Walter Hilton The current popularity enjoyed by these 14th century English mystics lies in their vocation to seek union with God. Here, for the first time, Julia Gatta shows these mystics to be prototypes for the modern spiritual director, displaying keen insights into that pastoral art. At the heart of the mystics' writings is their own intense desire not merely to see and know God for themselves, but also to bring others to this union with God.
Author | : Geraldine Emma Hodgson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : Mysticism |
ISBN | : |