The Protestant Mystics
Author : Anne Fremantle
Publisher :
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 20,95 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Mysticism
ISBN :
True Christianity
Author : Johann Arndt
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 854 pages
File Size : 40,70 MB
Release : 2019-09-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3734076471
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: True Christianity by Johann Arndt
Mystics of the Christian Tradition
Author : Steven Fanning
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 22,52 MB
Release : 2005-06-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1134590989
Book Description
From divine visions to self-tortures, some strange mystical experiences have shaped the Christian tradition. Full of colourful detail, this book examines the mystical experiences that have determined the history of Christianity.
Protestants and Mysticism in Reformation Europe
Author : Ronald K. Rittgers
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 40,61 MB
Release : 2019-03-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004393188
Book Description
Edited by Ronald K. Rittgers and Vincent Evener, Protestants and Mysticism in Reformation Europe offers an expansive view of the Protestant reception of medieval mysticism, from the beginnings of the Reformation through the mid-seventeenth century. Providing a foundation and impetus for future research, the chapters in this handbook cover diverse figures from across the Protestant traditions (Lutheran, Reformed, Radical), summarizing existing research, analysing relevant sources, and proposing new directions for study. Each chapter is authored by a leading scholar in the field. Collectively, Protestants and Mysticism in Reformation Europe calls for a comprehensive reassessment of the relationship of Protestantism to its medieval past, to Roman Catholicism, and to the enduring mystical element of Christianity.
Christian Mystics
Author : Ursula King
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 34,17 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1587680122
Book Description
"Ursula King's Christian Mystics offers a distinctive perspective on spirituality. The author presents the Christian mystical tradition through short biographies of its great figures, biographies which are highly readable without oversimplifying the ideas of these great figures. This is an outstanding entryway into the rich and deep world of Christian mysticism, recommended for readers of all backgrounds." - Michael Sells (Professor of Comparative Religions, Haverford College).
The Mystic Spirituality of A.W. Tozer
Author : Eleanor Lynn Harris
Publisher : Edwin Mellen Press
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 21,40 MB
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780773498723
Book Description
Though much work has been done in the fields of Catholic and Oriental spirituality, Protestant spirituality has often been neglected. After a brief biography of A.W. Tozer, this study compares Tozer's mysticism to 35 mystical classics he recommended, such as John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, etc. The focus is on the nature of contemporary Protestant mysticism and the examination of a 20th-century figure operating within a very conservative section of Protestantism who was influenced by mystical prayer. The position which Tozer reached may be of value to others also having to cope with the pressures of contemporary life in a metropolitan environment.
The Psychology of the Mystics
Author : Joseph Maréchal
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,58 MB
Release : 2012-06-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0486148416
Book Description
This landmark survey ranges from contrasts of empirical science and religious psychology to examinations of the distinctive features of Christian mysticism and the Islamic concept of mystical grace.
Love Burning in the Soul
Author : James Harpur
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 16,73 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Mysticism
ISBN : 1590301129
Book Description
The heart of the Christian faith is a direct encounter with God so profound that it can be referred to as union. It is an experience that cannot be described in words, but it can be glimpsed--in the radiant lives of the men and women called mystics. Here James Harpur presents the stories of some of the most influential Christian mystics from the past two thousand years. He provides their historical and ecclesiastical contexts, as well as appreciations of the unique contributions of each of them to the ongoing articulation of the way of love and union. Love Burning in the Soul is a comprehensive and highly readable survey of the great Christian mystical tradition for everyone. Included are: Clement of Alexandria * Gregory of Nyssa * John Scotus Eriugena * Bernard of Clairvaux * Hildegard of Bingen * Francis of Assisi * Mechtild of Magdeburg * Meister Eckhart * John Tauler * Jan van Ruysbroeck * Gregory Palamas * Richard Rolle * Julian of Norwich * Catherine of Siena * Jacob Boehme * George Fox * Teresa of �vila * Fran�ois F�nelon * Jean Pierre de Caussade * William Blake * Pierre Teilhard de Chardin * Thomas Merton * Many others
Healing the Divide
Author : Amos Smith
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 19,92 MB
Release : 2013-03-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1621896943
Book Description
Healing the Divide is a bold call to understand Jesus according to the earliest lineage of Christian Mystics--a call to transform our dualistic minds and heal a divided Church. This book is a must-read if you find yourself -frustrated by the fundamentalist and new age polarization of twenty-first-century Christianity; -bewildered by religious pluralism; -searching for Christianity's elusive mystic core. Twenty-first century Christianity is in crisis, careening toward fundamentalism on the one hand and a rootless new age Christianity on the other. Twenty-first century Christianity is also reeling from the maze of religious pluralism. Smith addresses and tempers these extremes by passionately and succinctly revealing Jesus as understood by the Alexandrian mystics. The Alexandrian mystics are the most long standing lineage of early Christian mystics. Their perspective on Jesus celebrates creative tensions, tempers extremes, and reveals Christian mysticism's definitive core.
Mystics and Zen Masters
Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 31,64 MB
Release : 1999-11-29
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1429944005
Book Description
Thomas Merton was recognized as one of those rare Western minds that are entirely at home with the Zen experience. In this collection, he discusses diverse religious concepts-early monasticism, Russian Orthodox spirituality, the Shakers, and Zen Buddhism-with characteristic Western directness. Merton not only studied these religions from the outside but grasped them by empathy and living participation from within. "All these studies," wrote Merton, "are united by one central concern: to understand various ways in which men of different traditions have conceived the meaning and method of the 'way' which leads to the highest levels of religious or of metaphysical awareness."
