Mysticism and Contemporary Life

Essays in Honor of Bernard McGinn

John Markey

• Publisher: PublishDrive
• Year: 2019
• ISBN:
  9780824550295
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Mysticism

Bernard McGinn is one of the greatest living historians and interpreters of Christian mysticism. His career spans more than 50 years and he has authored innumerable books, articles, and edited volumes on all dimensions of Christian mysticism. These essays by some of the most significant names in the contemporary field of spirituality seek to honor Prof. McGinn by examining the role of mysticism in contemporary life. These fifteen essays examine the fruit of McGinn's life work to contemplate the ways in which the history of mysticism is relevant to many dimensions of contemporary life. They also address the future of the study of Christian spirituality in general and mysticism in particular by evaluating the place of religious experience and spiritual practice in lives of an increasingly diverse, multi-cultural, and global cultural reality. Taken together these essays paint a picture of the current state of studies in mysticism and spirituality and point to some future trajectories that scholarly research and religious practice should pursue.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter One David Tracy, Reason, Mysticism, and Fundamental Theology
• Chapter Two Sandra M. Schneiders, Experiencing the Risen Jesus: The Biblical Basis of Christian Mysticism in the Fourth Gospel
• Chapter Three David B. Perrin, The Literary Genre of the Spiritual Canticle of John of the Cross
• Chapter Four Steven Chase, Retrieval, Practice, and Gift: Tactics of Mysticism and Immigration
• Chapter Five Cliff Knighten, Re-Envisioning the Sacred: A Constructive Revision of Mircia Eliade’s Phenomenology of the Sacred and Profane in Dialogue with Raimon Panikkar
• Chapter Six Angela Reed, Rediscovering Mysticism: Theological Foundations for the Contemporary Practice of Spiritual Direction
• Chapter Seven Timothy Robinson, “Resisting Whatever Separates One from the Ground of Being”: Howard Thurman’s Prophetic Appropriation of the Christian Mystical Tradition
• Chapter Eight Philip Sheldrake, Prayer in the Teachings of Julian of Norwich: A Journey of Desire
• Chapter Nine Mary Catherine Hilkert, Human Desires and God’s “Holy Trick”: Catherine of Siena and the School of Friendship
• Chapter Ten Wendy M. Wright, “He Opened His Side”: Francis de Sales and the Exchange of Divine and Human Hearts
• Chapter Eleven Peter Tyler, Recogimiento and Oración Mental: Reflections on the “Golden Age” of Spanish Mysticism
• Chapter Twelve Ronald Rolheiser, John of the Cross and the Dark Night of the Soul: A Contemporary Interpretation
• Bibliography of the Writings of Bernard McGinn
• Index