The Darkness of God: Negativity in Christian Mysticism

by Denys Turner

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For the medieval mystical tradition, the Christian soul meets God in a cloud of unknowing, a divine darkness of ignorance. This meeting with God is beyond all knowing and beyond all experiencing. Mysticisms of the modern period, on the contrary, place mystical experience at the center, and contemporary readers are inclined to misunderstand the medieval tradition in experientialist terms. Denys Turner argues that the distinctiveness and contemporary...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521645611

ISBN13:9780521645614

Release Date:November 1998

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:292 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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