The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Christian Mysticism

includes index and biblioraphy

1 A guide to christian mysticism ...1 Part 1 Themes in christian mysticism ...25 2 The song of songs ...27 3 Gender ..41 4 Platonism ...56 5 Aesthetics ...74 6 Heresy ...89 Part II Early christian mysticism ...103 7 Mysticism in the new testment ...105 8 The judaean jewish contexts of early christian mysticism ...119 9 Mysticism in the prenicene era ...133 10. Origen and his followers ...147 11 Negative theology from Gregory of Nyssa to dionysius the aeropagite ...161 12 Syriac mysticism ...177 13 Mysticism and contemplation in augustine`s confessions ...190 14 Augustine`s ecclesial mysticism ...202 15 Benedictine monasticism and mysticism ...216 Part III Medieval mystics and mystical traditions ...235 16 Bernard of clairvaux and the cistercian mystical tradition ...237 17 The Victorines ...251 18 The mystery of divine human communion in the byzantine tradition ...267 19 Francis. clare, and Bonaventure ...282 20 The nuns of helfta ...297 21 Mysticism in the spiritual franciscan tradition ...311 22 The low countries, the beguines, and John ruusbroec ...329 23 Meister eckhart Johannes tauler and henry suso ...340 24 The late fourteenth century English mystics ...357 25 Late medieval italian women mystics ..373 26 Nicholas of cusa and the ends of medieval mysticism ...388 Part IV Mysticism and modernity ...405 27 The protestant reformers on mysticism ...407 28 Spanish mysticism and religious renewal : Ignatius of loyola teresa of avila and john of the cross ...422 29 Seventeenth century French mysticism ...437 30 The making of mysticism in the anglo- american world from henry coventry to william james ...452 31 We kiss our dearest redeemer through inward prayer mystical traditions in pietism ...473 32. Nineteenth to twentieth century russian Mysticism ...489 33 Modern catholic theology and mystical tradition ...501 34 Mystics of the twentieth century ...515 Part V Critical perspectives on mysticism ...531 35 A critical theological perspective ...533 36 What the saints know: Quesi epistemological reflections ...550 37 Mysticism and the vernacular ...562 38 The social scientific study of christian mysticism ...577 39 Neuroscience ...592 40 Christian mysticism in interreligious perspective ...610 Part V Critical perspectives on mysticism ...531