Meister Eckhart and the Beguine Mystics: Hadewijch of Brabant, Mechthild of Magdeburg, and Marguerite Porete
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Meister Eckhart and the Beguine Mystics: Hadewijch of Brabant, Mechthild of Magdeburg, and Marguerite Porete
By (Author) Bernard McGinn
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
9th January 1997
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Mysticism
Biography: philosophy and social sciences
Gender studies: women and girls
248.22
Physical Properties
Paperback
178
248g
Description
The great German mystic Meister Eckhart remains one of the most fascinating figures in Western thought. Revived interest in Eckhart's mysticism has been matched, and even surpassed, by the study of the women mystics of the late13th century. This book argues that Eckhart's thought cannot be fully be understood until it is viewed against the background of the breakthroughs made by the women mystics who preceded him.
Reviews
"the compendium is brilliantly stimulating in the light it shines upon a little known phenomenon of mystical spirituality" Sufi, no.57 -- Neil. W. Johnston
Author Bio
Bernard McGinn is Naomi Shenstone Donnelley Professor Emeritus of Historical Theology and of the History of Christianity in the Divinity School and the Committees on Medieval Studies and on General Studies at the University of Chicago, USA.
