A Course in Christian Mysticism (eBook)

Thomas Merton (Autor)

Jon M. Sweeney (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
256 Seiten
Liturgical Press - Liturgical Press (Verlag)
978-0-8146-4533-8 (ISBN)

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Thomas Mertons lectures to the young monastics at the Abbey of Gethsemani provide a good look at Merton the scholar. A Course in Christian Mysticism gathers together, for the first time, the best of these talks into a spiritual, historical, and theological survey of Christian mysticismfrom St. Johns gospel to St. John of the Cross. Sixteen centuries are covered over thirteen lectures. A general introduction sets the scene for when and how the talks were prepared and for the perennial themes one finds in them, making them relevant for spiritual seekers today. This compact volume allows anyone to learn from one of the twentieth centurys greatest Catholic spiritual teachers. The study materials at the back of the book, including additional primary source readings and thoughtful questions for reflection and discussion, make this an essential text for any student of Christian mysticism.

Inhalt

Contents Foreword  - Michael N. McGregor Editor’s Prologue Preface Lecture 1: The Aim of This Course Lecture 2: Mystical Theology in St. John’s Gospel Lecture 3: Martyrs and Gnostics (Ignatius, Irenaeus, Clement, and Origen) Lecture 4: Divinization and Mysticism (The Cappadocian Fathers) Lecture 5: Evagrius Ponticus Lecture 6: Contemplation and the Cosmos (Maximus the Confessor) Lecture 7: The Dionysian Tradition Lecture 8: Western Mysticism: The Influence of St. Augustine Lecture 9: St. Bernard of Clairvaux Lecture 10: St. Bernard’s Sermons on the Song of Songs. . Lecture 11: Fourteenth Century Mysticism: The Béguines, Eckhart, Tauler Lecture 12: Spanish Mysticism: St. Teresa of Avila and Others Lecture 13: St. John of the Cross: Dark Nights and Spiritual Crises More Sources and Readings Group Discussion Topics and Questions Editor’s Notes Index  

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.7.2017
• Vorwort: Michael N. McGregor
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Gebete / Lieder / Meditationen
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Schlagworte: Asceticism • Bernard of Claivaux • Charism • Contemplation • darkness • divinization • Fourth Gospel • Gospel of John • History • John of the Cross • Saint Augustine • teresa of avila • Zeal
• ISBN-10: 0-8146-4533-X / 081464533X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8146-4533-8 / 9780814645338