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The mysticism of The cloud of unknowing / William Johnston ; foreword by Thomas Merton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Fordham University Press, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 285 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780823236824
  • 082323682X
  • 0585380570
  • 9780585380575
  • 9780823276943
  • 0823276945
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mysticism of The cloud of unknowing.DDC classification:
  • 248.2/2 21
LOC classification:
  • BV5080.C6 J6 2000eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Part I: Knowledge. The Problem of Unknowing -- The Cloud of Forgetting -- The Cloud Of Unknowing -- The Cloud and Christ -- The Cloud And The Church -- Conclusion -- Part II: Love. The Blind Stirring -- The Blind Stirring And Christian Perfection -- Knowledge and Love (I) -- Knowledge And Love (II) -- Conclusion: "High Ghostly Wisdom" -- Part III: Purification. Necessity Of Purification -- The Path of Purification -- Conclusion -- Part IV: Union. The Summit -- God and Creature -- The Divinization of Man -- The Spiritual Marriage -- General Conclusion.
Summary: 'The Cloud of Unknowing' was the work of an unknown 14th-century English writer with a powerful message of God's unconditional love in the face of despair. Johnston's theological treatment of this and other works by the same writer makes a conscious comparison with Oriental ways of contemplation.
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Originally published: New York : Desclee Co., 1967. With new pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Knowledge. The Problem of Unknowing -- The Cloud of Forgetting -- The Cloud Of Unknowing -- The Cloud and Christ -- The Cloud And The Church -- Conclusion -- Part II: Love. The Blind Stirring -- The Blind Stirring And Christian Perfection -- Knowledge and Love (I) -- Knowledge And Love (II) -- Conclusion: "High Ghostly Wisdom" -- Part III: Purification. Necessity Of Purification -- The Path of Purification -- Conclusion -- Part IV: Union. The Summit -- God and Creature -- The Divinization of Man -- The Spiritual Marriage -- General Conclusion.

'The Cloud of Unknowing' was the work of an unknown 14th-century English writer with a powerful message of God's unconditional love in the face of despair. Johnston's theological treatment of this and other works by the same writer makes a conscious comparison with Oriental ways of contemplation.

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