The Darkness of God: Negativity in Christian Mysticism
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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 relevance of medieval mysticism lies precisely in its rejection of mystical experience, and locates the mystical firmly within the grasp of the ordinary and the everyday. The argument covers some central authorities in the period from Augustine to John of the Cross.
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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