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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Main Author: Turner, Denys, 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
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