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Edited by Amy Hollywood, Patricia Z. Beckman
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17 September 2012
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The Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism is a multi-authored interdisciplinary guide to the study of Christian mysticism, with an emphasis on the third through the seventeenth centuries. The book is thematically organized in terms of the central contexts, practices and concepts associated with the mystical life in early, medieval and early modern Christianity. This book looks beyond the term 'mysticism', which was an early modern invention, to explore the ways in which the ancient terms 'mystic' and 'mystical' were used in the Christian tradition: what kinds of practices, modes of life and experiences were described as 'mystical'? What understanding of Christianity and of the life of Christian perfection is articulated through mystical interpretations of scripture, mystical contemplation, mystical vision, mystical theology or mystical union? This volume both provides a clear introduction to the Christian mystical life and articulates a bold new approach to the study of mysticism.

Select Bibliography of Modern Works Related to the Study of Western Christian Mysticism
Edited by Amy Hollywood, Patricia Z. Beckman, St Olaf College, Minnesota
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The Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism

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17 September 2012, pp 357-370
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