The Darkness of God: Negativity in Christian Mysticism by Denys Turner

The Darkness of God: Negativity in Christian Mysticism

Denys Turner

292 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy religion dark slow-paced
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For the medieval mystical traditions, 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, however, place my...

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