The Darkness of God: Negativity in Christian Mysticism

By Denys Turner

Book Overview

For the medieval mystical tradition, the Christian soul meets God in a cloud of unknowing, a divine darkness of ignorance. This meeting with God is beyond all knowing and beyond all experiencing.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521453178
• ISBN13: 9780521453172
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.3"