• ISBN13: 9781119283508
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Religion and Philosophy
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blac
• Publication Date: January 1, 2017
• Pages: 672
• Original Price: USD 60.95
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 998 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Mysticism and Devotional

From the Back Cover

In the past two decades, interest in mysticism has grown hugely, both in the academic world and in the popular imagination. The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Christian Mysticism presents a comprehensive and engaging account of the origins and evolution of Christian mysticism right up to the current day, discussing the mystics, their texts, and the movements they inspired.

The volume brings together a team of distinguished scholars who provide a rich synthesis of historical figures and texts, important themes in mysticism (for example, gender, scripture, and heresy), and theoretical perspectives (for example, neuroscience, literary criticism, and interreligious dialogue) in relation to Christian mysticism, problematizing and testing the categories of "mysticism" and "mystic." The result is a compelling and engaging volume drawing on the best of recent cutting-edge scholarship, and providing insights into an ancient but important Christian tradition.

Julia A. Lamm is Associate Professor of Theology at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She is a recipient of an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for research at the Academy of Sciences in Berlin. She is also the author of The Living God: Schleiermacher's Theological Appropriation of Spinoza (1996) and co-editor of a forthcoming volume on Schleiermacher, The Christmas Dialogue and Other Selections, for the Classics of Western Spirituality series. She has also published articles on Julian of Norwich.