Christian Mysticism: The Future of a Tradition
- ISBN-10
- 0814660630
- ISBN-13
- 9780814660638
- Series
- Christian Mysticism
- Category
- Mysticism
- Pages
- 438
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Pueblo Books
- Author
- Harvey D. Egan
Description
Christian mysticism is unique in its view of Jesus' death and resurrection as the very cause and exemplar of the mystical life in all its purity. Jesus' saving death on the cross exemplifies the mystical letting-go of everything consoling, tangible and finite in order to surrender totally to the mystery of the Father's unconditional love. This introduction to Christian mysticism presents four Christian mystics as paradigms of the classical tradition: St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the unknown author of the Cloud of Unknowing. From this foundation he moves to two contemporary figures, Thomas Merton and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, each of whom reflects a contemporary transposition of the two mystical traditions: the apophatic, which emphasizes the radical difference between God and creatures, and the kataphatic, which emphasizes the similarity between God and creatures.
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