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The presence of God
a history of Western Christian mysticism
By McGinn, Bernard
- ISBN
- 978-0-82451-121-0
- Publisher
- New York : Crossroad, 1991-
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Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 1991
McGinn (historical theology, Univ. of Chicago Divinity Sch.) offers the beginning of an ambitious four-volume project. He stresses that mysticism must be understood in historical context, and insists that the subject of such study is not the experience, but the "mystical text and its place in the tradition.'' In Part 1, he considers early Jewish apocalyptic writings. He th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
