Exploring Lost Dimensions in Christian Mysticism : Opening to the Mystical (Paperback)

Contents: Introduction: remembering and forgetting the mystical in contemporary theological discourse, Louise Nelstrop; The return of mysticism: the eternal return of ’the same’?, George Pattison; On reading medieval mystics today, Oliver Davies; Mysticism as a category of inquiry in the philosophies of Ernst Troeltsch and William James, Joel D.S. Rasmussen; Mysticism as a social type of Christianity? Ernst Troeltsch’s interpretation in its historical and systematic context, Johannes Zachhuber; Ignatian spirituality: the mystical within the Church, Philip Endean; Mysterium horrendum: mystical theology and the negative numinous, Simon D. Podmore; Mysticism: 'the energetic love’ of a female adventurer, Ann Loades; The body between us: towards an incarnate mysticism, Tina Beattie; Spiritual maturation and gender in Gregory of Nyssa’s ’mystical theology’, Raphael Cadenhead; Prophecy and the contemplation of history; Peter John Olivi and Hugh of St Victor, Brian FitzGerald; Prophecy and mysticism in 17th-century Britain, Sarah Apetrei; Index.