Mysticism in the Golden Age of Spain(1500-1650) : Vol.VI.2 (The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism) / Bernard McGinn

includes index and biblioraphy

"The Most Catholic Kingdom": The Place of Spain in Early Modern Catholicism 1 Spain and Spanish Catholicism in the Golden Age 1 Religious Reform 4 A Forerunner: Garcia Jimenez de Cisneros 6 Notes 8 Chapter 1 Spanish Mysticism: The Early Stages 11 Visionaries and Beatas 12 Recogimiento and the Observant Franciscans 24 Spanish Mystical Heresy: The Alumbrados 45 Notes 50 Chapter 2 A Mysticism of Apostolic Service: Ignatius of Loyola 62 Introduction to Ignatius`s Life and Writings 64 The Foundations of Ignatius`s Spiritual Teaching: The Spiritual Exercises and the Constitutions of the Jesuit Order 71 Ignatius`s Mystical Life 85 Conclusion 98 Notes 99 Introduction Carmelite History and Spirituality 114 Notes 118 Chapter 3 Teresa of Avila: The Contemplative in Action 120 Teresa the Nun (1515-1555) 124 Teresa the Ecstatic Contemplative (ca. 1555-1565) 135 Teresa the Active Contemplative (1566-1582) 152 Conclusion 208 Notes 209 Chapter 4 John of the Cross: Night, Flame, and Union 230 Life and Reception 231 Poetry and Prose in John of the Cross 239 The Doctrinal Foundations of the Teaching of John of the Cross 245 Negation and Purgation in John of the Cross: The Nights 261 Transformation and Loving Union: The Flame 286 Conclusion 313 Notes 313 Chapter 5 Other Voices of Spanish Mysticism 336 An Augustinian Mystic: Luis de Leon 337 Later Carmelite Mystics 357 Other Mendicant Mystics 378 Jesuit Mystics 386 Appendix 1: Mysticism in Portugal 391 Appendix 2: Mysticism in Spanish America 393