MYSTICAL THOUGHT OF MEISTER ECKHART: THE MAN FROM WHOM GOD HID NOTHING.

MCGINN, Bernard.

ISBN 10: 0824519965 / ISBN 13: 9780824519964

Published by Crossroad Publishing Co.,, New York, 2001

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First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps/paperback. ISBN: 0-8245-1996-5 Pages: 320 Fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MYSTICAL THOUGHT OF MEISTER ECKHART: THE MAN FROM WHOM GOD HID NOTHING.
• Publisher: Crossroad Publishing Co.,, New York
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0824519965
• ISBN 13: 9780824519964
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Centuries after his work as a preacher, philosopher, and spiritual guide, Meister Eckhart remains one of the most widely-read mystics of the Western tradition. Yet as he has come to be studied more closely in recent decades, a number of different Eckharts have emerged. This volume reviews and synthesizes the diverging views of Eckhart that have been presented in recent past. For the first time, Bernard McGinn, the greatest living scholar of Western Christian mysticism, brings together in one volume the fruition of decades of reflection on these questions, offering a view of Eckhart that unites his reflections as preacher, philosopher, and theologian.

About the Author

Bernard McGinn is one is of the greatest living authorities on Catholic historical theology. The Naomi Shenstone Donnelly Professor (Emeritus) of historical theology and history of Christianity at the University of Chicago, McGinn holds a Ph.D. from Brandeis University and an S.T.L. from the Pontifical Gregorian University. McGinn has lectured on and written extensively about the history of apocalyptic thought and recently has focused his attention on the fields of spirituality and mysticism. His current long-range project is a seven-volume history of Christian mysticism in the West called The Presence of God.