The Darkness of God: Negativity in Christian Mysticism

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The Darkness of God: Negativity in Christian Mysticism

Name: The Darkness of God: Negativity in Christian Mysticism
ISBN: 9780521645614

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 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.

Categorias:

Society, Politics & Philosophy - Anthropology

Ano:

1998

Idioma:

english

Páginas:

292

ISBN 10:

0521645611

ISBN 13:

9780521645614