The Darkness of God
Negativity in Christian Mysticism
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Word Count
72,000 words, Guess
Page Count
288 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7749966M
- Internet Archivedarknessgodnegat00turn_965
- Internet Archivedarknessofgodneg0000turn_e8o7
- ISBN-100521645611
- ISBN-139780521645614
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- Goodreads1767877
- LibraryThing9652
- WikidataQ122866838
- Better World Books9780521645614
Classifications
- LCCBV5083.T87 1995
- LCCBV5083 .T87 1995eb
- DDC248.2/2/0902
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- LCCBV5083 .T87 1995
Description
"For the mediaeval 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. Mysticisms of the modern period, on the contrary, place 'mystical experience' at the centre, and contemporary readers are inclined to misunderstand the mediaeval tradition in 'experientialist' terms. Denys Turner argues that the distinctiveness and contemporary relevance of mediaeval mysticism is precisely in its rejection of 'mystical experience',. and locate the mystical firmly within the grasp of the ordinary and the everyday. The argument covers some central authorities in the period from Augustine to John of the Cross.
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It is necessary to begin the story-line of our enquiry somewhere.
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