:An Introduction to Contemporary Theoretical Approaches
/ Louise Nelstrop
; with Kevin Magill, Bradley B. Onishi
Farnham, Surrey, England ;Burlington, VT
: Ashgate Pub. Ltd.
, 2009.
x, 277 p.
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Introduction: Contemporary theoretical approaches - Key themes and motifs - Platonism and Christian mysticism - Negative or apophatic language - Selfhood and interiority - Erotic imagery - Hierarchy - Symbolism and Scripture's 'mystical sense' - Later developments in Christian mysticism - Female mysticism -- Visionary mysticism - Imaginative mysticism, meditation and experience - Mysticism and heresy - Postmodern re-readings of pseudo-Denys and Augustine - Exploring negative language through pseudo-Denys : Derrida and Marion - Exploring selfhood through Augustine : Marion, Derrida and Lyotard - Conclusion: What is Christian mysticism?