The mysticism of The cloud of unknowing / William Johnston ; foreword by Thomas Merton.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Fordham University Press, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 285 pages)Content type:- text
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- 9780823236824
- 082323682X
- 0585380570
- 9780585380575
- 9780823276943
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- BV5080.C6 J6 2000eb
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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