The darkness of God : negativity in Christian mysticism /
"For the mediaeval mystical tradition, the Christian soul meets God in a 'cloud of unknowing', a divine darkness of ignorance. This meeting with God is beyond all knowing and beyond all experiencing. Mysticisms of the modern period, on the contrary, place 'mystical experience...
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1995.
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Online Access: | CONNECT |