Bernard McGinn

Collects writings that explore the transformation human life goes through while searching for direct contact with God.

The Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism

A History of Western Christian Mysticism

The Presence of God

Meister Eckhart

Maurice O'Connell Walshe

"Meister Eckhart's complete mystical teachings together in one volume, for the first time! With a foreword by leading Eckhart scholar Bernard McGinn, and the elegant translation of Maurice O'C Walshe, this comprehensive and authoritative work is a treasure for every serious spiritual seeker, and the finest volume on Eckhart ever to appear in English."--Publisher's website.

The Complete Mystical Works of Meister Eckhart

Men and Women in the New Mysticism (1200-1350)

The Flowering of Mysticism

This book has been hailed as the finest English-language work on Meister Eckhart, renowed medieval mystic.

The Man from Whom God Hid Nothing

The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart

This book makes available major texts in the Christian apocalyptic literature from the 4th to the 16th centuries. The apocalyptic tradition is that of traditional philosophy based on revelation and concerned with the end of the world.

Treatises and Letters of Lactantius, Adso of Montier-en-Der, Joachim of Fiore, the Franciscan Spirituals, Savonarola

Apocalyptic Spirituality

From millenarists to Antichrist hunters, from the Sibyls to the Hussites, Visions of the End is a monumental compendium spanning the literature of the Christian apocalyptic tradition from the period A.D. 400 to 1500, masterfully selected and complete with a comprehensive introduction and new preface.

Apocalyptic Traditions in the Middle Ages

Visions of the End

Frank Tobin

Frank J. Tobin

Kenneth J. Northcott

"Bargains in books are rare today, but one would be hard put to find in American publishing anything superior to these in content and format." The Parish Visitor Meister Eckhart: Teacher and Preacher edited by Bernard McGinn with the collaboration of Frank Tobin and Elvira Borgstadt preface by Kenneth Northcott "When this temple is thus free of all obstacles, namely, possessiveness and ignorance, then it sparkles so beautifully and shines so purely and bright above everything that God created and through everything that God created that no one can be compared to it in brightness but the uncreated God alone...If the soul of a man still living in time were standing on the same level as the highest angel, this person could reach immeasurable higher in his free capability above the angel in ever 'now', new beyond number, that is, and beyond manner and above the manner of the angels and any created intellect." Meister Eckhart (c.1260-1327) Here are the texts that illustrate the diversity of one of the most enigmatic and influential mystics of the Western Christian tradition. Eckhart the teacher is represented by the Commentary on Exodus and by selections from six other commentaries, including the Commentary on Wisdom 7:14, the Commentary on Ecclesiasticus 24:29, and the Commentary on John 14:8. Eckhart's ministry as a preacher was an equally important part of the man, and thus his sermons, from both the Latin and the Middle High German manuscripts, are included. What emerges is a comprehensive picture of the works of this great speculative theologian. Together with Meister Eckhart: The Essential Sermons, Commentaries and Treatises, this work form the most extensive corpus of Eckhart's writings in English.

Meister Eckhart, Teacher and Preacher

Willemien Otten

Addressed to historians of medieval and Byzantine thought, philosophers and theologians, Eriugena: East and West provides an in-depth study of how the great Irish scholar, John Scottus Eriugena, bridged the gap between Eastern, Greek-speaking Christianity and the Latin West. In these essays, selected from the Eighth International Colloquium of the Society for the Promotion of Eriugenian Studies, 12 scholars not only focus on one crucial exemplar of the history of Christian ecumenism, but also open a fruitful discussion about the contemporary challenges that continue to divide Christian theology, East and West.

East and West : Papers of the Eighth International Colloquium of the Society for the Promotion of Eriugenian Studies, Chicago and Notre Dame, 18-20 October 1991

Eriugena

David B. Burrell

The manifest strength of the medieval period has always been the ways in which particular thinkers negotiated the twin criteria of reason and faith. What seemed to the Enlightenment a weakness appears to our time as a virtuoso performance. Less well-known in the West has been the inherently interfaith and intercultural character of the discussion. This collection of essays, which originated in 1987 at a symposium titled "God and Creation: An Ecumenical Symposium in Comparative Religious Thought," is devoted to the doctrine of creation in the three Western monotheistic faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. For the first time scholars from all three traditions investigate the historical and constructive aspects of this doctrine within an ecumenical environment. Several important comparative dimensions, especially on the relation between creation and emanation, have been highlighted in new ways. While some dimensions of the problematic were shared, notably the Aristotelian challenge of an eternal universe, others turn out to be specific to different traditions.

An Ecumenical Symposium

God and Creation

Joachim of Fiore was an Italian mystic, theologian, biblical commentator, philosopher of history, and founder of the monastic order of San Giovanni in Fiore. He created a philosophy that history develops in three ages of increasing spirituality: the ages of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Fiore is considered to be the most important apocalyptic thinker of themedieval period, and after the prophet John, perhaps the most important apocalyptic thinker in the history of Christianity.McGinn looks at Joachim's place in Western thought, inspecting his complex system of ideas.

Joachim of Fiore in the History of Western Thought

The Calabrian Abbot

John Joseph Collins

Stephen J. Stein

Volume 1 covers the beginnings of apocalypticism in the ancient Near East, moves through early Judaism, and ends at the Book of Revelation in the New Testament. Volume 2 begins with the apocalypticism in early Christian theology (100 C.E.) and concludes with discussions of apocalyptic influences in medieval and renaissance literature (up to 1800 C.E.). Volume 3 brings the discussion into the 20th century and focuses on the influences of apocalypticism on modern popular culture, art, science, politics, and thought.

Volume 2: Apocalypticism in Western History and Culture

Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism

Moshe Idel

An Ecumenical Dialogue

Mystical Union and Monotheistic Faith

From the world's foremost authority on Christian mysticism, the definitive story of Christianity's greatest mystic, Meister Eckhart, his insights into God, his relation to the tradition, and how he learned from the women religious of his day.

"A collection of scholarly essays on Marguerite Porete and other 14th-century Beguine mystics and the influence of these women on the thought of Meister Eckhart".--Common Boundary.

Hadewijch of Brabant, Mechthild of Magdeburg, and Marguerite Porete

Meister Eckhart and the Beguine Mystics

Mysticism in the Reformation

This book is designed to tell ordinary readers everything they always wanted to know about these important leaders but didn't know who to ask. This is the only book that provides the perennial wisdom of all thirty-three doctors for any who wish to deepen their grasp of the roots of the Christian faith.

Thirty-three Men and Women who Shaped Christianity

The Doctors of the Church

Mysticism in the Golden Age of Spain (1500-1650) provides the single most thorough history of the influence of Spain on Christian mysticism during the Reformation. Serious church scholars and students of church history and mysticism will make this volume an essential part of their library. It is the 7th installment in the Presence of God series, which has been acknowledged by both the review media and the academy as the most important and comprehensive series devoted to the Reformation. It is a complete treatment of the subject, including extensive notes and references. Unlike general histories that have been written about the Reformation, McGinn's volume is rich in detail and provides a fascinating and intelligent review of mysticism in early Spain.

Mysticism in the Golden Age of Spain (1500-1650)

Amy Simmons follows an account of the film's making with an in-depth consideration of the themes and issues arising from it

Two Thousand Years of the Human Fascination with Evil

Antichrist

La visione apocalittica della storia di Gioacchino da Fiore (1135-1202) affonda le proprie radici nella tradizione cristiana, fino all'Apocalisse di Giovanni, il libro che egli considera la chiave per decifrare l'intera Bibbia. Il libro colloca Gioacchino sullo sfondo dell'ambiente storico e dei precedenti dottrinali, per poi intraprendere un'analisi della sua teologia simbolica.

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