Love Burning In The Soul: The Story Of Christian Mystics, From Saint Paul To Thomas Merton - Softcover
Presents the stories of some of the most influential Christian mystics from the past two thousand years, including Hildegard of Bingen, Catherine of Siena, George Fox, Meister Eckhart, and Julian of Norwich.
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About the Author:
James Harpur studied Classics and English literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, and has had a lifelong interest in the spiritual and mystical aspects of religion. He has written a number of books on religion, particularly the Christian mystical tradition, including Sacred Tracks: Two Thousand Years of Christian Pilgrimage and The Atlas of Sacred Places. He is also a prize-winning poet whose three collections of verse reflect his interest in the Christian contemplative tradition.
From Booklist:
Harpur's popular introduction to 2,000 years of Christian mysticism sets particular mystics in historical context. Defining a mystic as someone who has direct experience or awareness of God, he turns first to Jesus' mystical experiences in the Gospels and to the writings of Paul and John. Subsequent discussions cover the twelfth-century greats Bernard of Clairvaux, Francis of Assisi, and Meister Eckhart; England's Richard Rolle, Julian of Norwich, and the anonymous author of The Cloud of Unknowing; the continental saints Catherine of Siena and Catherine of Genoa; the Protestant Jacob Boehme; Quaker founder George Fox; the Counter--Reformation Spaniards Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross; the quietist Madame Guyon and Francois Fenelon; mystical English Romantic poets Blake and Wordsworth; and from the twentieth century, Teilhard de Chardin and Thomas Merton. One chapter is devoted to the Orthodox tradition, and the epilogue mentions the recent growth spurt in Christian spirituality in Taize, France, and Iona, Scotland; the retreat movement; and the Creation Spirituality of Matthew Fox. Altogether useful. June Sawyers
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- PublisherShambhala Pubns
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1590302052
- ISBN 13 9781590302057
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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