... in theological discourse’, but this article suggests that women not only wrote original pieces of ‘disguised’ theology but contributed explicitly to this discourse through translation work. The Winkworth sisters translated fourteenth-century mystical theology and Reformation hymns, rich in a spiritual...

... of a unique expression of Jewish mystical theology, his call for a reformation of Jewish communal life, and his influence on subsequent Jewish life and thought. This book, a lucid exposition of the life, legend, works, and ideas developed in Loew's massive writings, “reveals the concealed” by unravelling...

...Even though recent scholarship has done much to extricate the writings of Meister Eckhart from nineteenth- and early twentieth-century view of mystical theology as something bifurcated between “speculative” and “affective” varieties, this essay argues that the misunderstanding of Eckhart is more...

...Dionysius the Areopagite’s account of Moses ascending Mount Sinai and achieving mystical union in darkness has consistently pointed readers back to Gregory of Nyssa, whose mystical theology parallels much of Dionysius’ language and imagery. Gregory’s mystical writings emerge from a doctrinal...

... by the scholar and mystic Rashīd al-Dīn Maybudī. After outlining the nature of the puzzle, the chapter then attempts to solve it by examining what might be called the ‘mystical theology’ of the Kashf al-asrār. It examines the cryptic and esoteric dimensions of theological dogmas that underlie...

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...This chapter explores personal prayer and the individual believer's relationship to God and also mentions mystical theology in Islam and Christianity. Traditions of personal prayer in both Christian and Islamic traditions afford essential but often overlooked theological insights. Prayer that has...

... adopted, adapted, and transformed components of various medieval ways of thought. Antichrist Flacius Matthias Illyricus Holl Karl justification mysticism mystical theology catechesis catechetical preaching catechism s Luther’s Erasmus Desiderius of Rotterdam humanism monasticism pastoral care...

... Consciousness and Stillness in the Mystical Theology of R. Yehuda Arieh Leib of Gur ” in Gerald J. Blidstein (ed.), Sabbath: Idea, History, Reality (Be’er Sheva: Ben Gurion University of the Negev Press), 119–29. Garb, Jonathan , 2015 , Yearnings of the Soul: Psychological...

...Origen was deeply indebted to Platonism. His theology is permeated by Platonic ways of thought. Origen’s real concern was with the interpretation of Scripture. This was the repository of all wisdom and all truth, and the interpretation of Scripture lies at the very heart of his mystical theology...

...Denys represents the end of the development of Patristic mystical theology. Denys completes all the main lines of the mystical theology of the Fathers: the Origenist tradition has achieved its classical expression in the realm of mystical theology in Evagrius; the Augustinian vision has been...

... to original texts, the connection between Sufism and emanationism, the West’s then topical “mystical theology,” came to be understood. It was explained most completely by Barthélemy d’Herbelot in his Oriental Library. By 1697, then, Western scholars had reached an understanding of Sufism...

...This book explores the writings of Evagrius Ponticus. It seeks a connection between the seemingly disparate aspects of Evagrius’ mystical theology by approaching the relationship between psalmody and prayer from three perspectives. First, Evagrius’ life, works, and spiritual doctrine are presented...

.... This claim elicits Derrida's interest because his idea describes how the matrix may work in articulating language, for in its ineffability it resembles the withdrawn God of mystical theology. He also holds that patristic mystical theology recognizes neither the way of affirmation or negation, but seeks...

...-Trinitarian thinkers, beginning with Michael Servetus and Faustus Socinus. It also highlights the rise of confessionalism and anti-Trinitarianism and the explosion of mystical theology during this period. anti Trinitarianism Blum P R Buckley M confessionalism De Deo Uno Marschler T H Muller R...

... virtue Augustine of Hippo Monica mother of Augustine of Hippo god likeness goodness the Good metaphor Africa longing mysticism Ficino mystical theology contemplation friendship metaphor Teresa of Ávila John of the Cross The writers in 16th-century Castile whose works show...

...In his early writings Martin Luther shows some appreciation for the Mystical Theology of Dionysius, setting his desire for the personal knowledge of God against the arid quibbling of the scholastics; at the same time, he is always suspicious of any reliance on mystical knowledge...

...This chapter examines the concepts of apophasis and askesis in mystical theology and contemporary philosophy. It provides some explanation for the revival of interest in research and discussion on apophaticism in certain segments of contemporary philosophy. It emphasizes the link between apophasis...

... participates. It argues that, within this lineage of mystical theology one can trace a creative subject, whether human or divine, who proves to be creative not in and through the clarity and certainty at which modern thought and culture, according to Heidegger, aim, but in the darkness and incomprehension...

..., The Mystical Theology, The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy, and The Celestial Hierarchy, as well as ten Epistles. Each of them holds a unique position of authority in the Christian canon, and the corpus as a whole has shaped Christian spirituality as few texts, outside...