The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Christian Mysticism
Julia A. Lamm
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Paperback. The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Christian Mysticism presents a comprehensive and engaging account of the origins and evolution of Christian mysticism right up to the current day, discussing the mystics, their texts, and the movements they inspired. Editor(s): Lamm, Julia A. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Religion. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: HRCS1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 246 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1008.
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Christian Mysticism brings together a team of leading international scholars to explore the origins, evolution, and contemporary debates relating to Christian mystics, texts, and the movements they inspired. * Provides a comprehensive and engaging account of Christian mysticism, from its origins right up to the present day * Draws on the best of current scholarship by bringing together a collection of newly-commissioned readings by leading scholars * Considers examples of mysticism in both Eastern and Western Christianity * Offers a brilliant synthesis of the key figures and historical periods of mysticism; its core themes, such as ... Read more
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Christian Mysticism brings together a team of leading international scholars to explore the origins, evolution, and contemporary debates relating to Christian mystics, texts, and the movements they inspired. * Provides a comprehensive and engaging account of Christian mysticism, from its origins right up to the present day * Draws on the best of current scholarship by bringing together a collection of newly-commissioned readings by leading scholars * Considers examples of mysticism in both Eastern and Western Christianity * Offers a brilliant synthesis of the key figures and historical periods of mysticism; its core themes, such as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Religion
Condition
New
Weight
1008g
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781119283508
SKU
V9781119283508
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About Julia A. Lamm
Julia A. Lamm is Associate Professor of Theology at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She is a recipient of an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for research at the Academy of Sciences in Berlin. She is also the author of The Living God: Schleiermacher's Theological Appropriation of Spinoza (1996) and co-editor of a forthcoming volume on Schleiermacher, The Christmas Dialogue and ... Read more
Reviews for The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Christian Mysticism
As this comment indicates, I am assuming that this volume is going to assume a key place in the literature on this vast subject. ( Ecclesiastical History, 1 January 2014) Julia Lamm has assembled a valuable collection of forty articles by leading scholars in this treasury of studies of (mainly) Christian ... Read more