An Anthology of Christian Mysticism

by Harvey D. Egan

Publisher:

Liturgical Press

, 1996

Overview

This comprehensive anthology will serve both as a text for serious students of mysticism and a reflective collection for those first exploring its thought. Biographical and historical data, as well as the mystic’s key ideas and information about why the particular text was selected introduce each mystic to the reader.

Fifty-five mystics or mystical theologians, ancient and modern, are represented, including: Origen, Augustine of Hippo, Hildegard of Bingen, Francis of Assisi, Bonaventure, Angela of Foligno, Catherine of Siena, the anonymous author of Cloud of Unknowing, Thomas à Kempis, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Francis de Sales, Théregrave;se of Lisieux, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Thomas Merton, and Karl Rahner.

Key Features

• Helps students of mysticism.
• Brings a reflective collection for those first exploring its thought.
• Explores biographical and historical data, as well as the mystic’s key ideas.

Product Details

• Title: An Anthology of Christian Mysticism
• Author: Harvey D. Egan
• Edition: Second Edition
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Print Publication Date: 1996
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 700
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Mysticism
• ISBNs: 9780814660126, 0814660126
• Resource ID: LLS:NNTHLGYCMYSTCSM
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:27:54Z

About Harvey D. Egan

Harvey D. Egan, S.J., received his doctorate of theology under the direction of Karl Rahner from Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (Münster, Germany) and is Emeritus Professor of Systematic and Mystical Theology at Boston College, where he taught for forty years. He also taught at Holy Cross College (Worcester, Massachusetts) and Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, California). He is the author of several books—his latest, Soundings in the Christian Mystical Tradition. He is well known for his studies on Christian mysticism and on the thought of Karl Rahner.