An Anthology of Christian Mysticism

By Harvey D. Egan

Book 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 a' Kempis, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Francis de Sales, Therese of Lisieux, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Thomas Merton, and Karl Rahner.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814660126
• ISBN13: 9780814660126
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 728 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A Who's Who in the Christian Spiritual Tradition!

Harvey's anthology is a great collection of writings by a number of the most significant figures in the Christian mystical tradition! The anthology runs the gamut from Dionysius to Hildegard of Bingen to Thomas Merton and Karl Rhaner. Each entry is preceded by a helpful and brief explanation of salient features of that figure's place within the tradition.