Christian Mysticism : An Introduction to Contemporary Theoretical Approaches (Hardcover)

Chapter 1 Introduction; Part I Key Themes and Motifs; Chapter 1a Platonism and Christian Mysticism; Chapter 2 Negative or Apophatic Language; Chapter 3 Selfhood and Interiority; Chapter 4 Erotic Imagery; Chapter 5 Hierarchy; Chapter 6 Symbolism and Scripture's ‘Mystical Sense’; Part II Later Developments in Christian Mysticism; Chapter 7 Female Mysticism; Chapter 8 Visionary Mysticism; Chapter 9 Imaginative Mysticism, Meditation and Experience; Chapter 10 Mysticism and Heresy; Part III Postmodern Re-Readings of Pseudo-Denys and Augustine; Chapter 11 Exploring Negative Language through Pseudo-Denys: Derrida and Marion; Chapter 12 Exploring Selfhood through Augustine: Marion, Derrida and Lyotard; Chapter 13 Conclusion;