Mystical theology : the integrity of spirituality and theology
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Mystical theology : the integrity of spirituality and theology
（Challenges in contemporary theology）
Blackwell, 1998
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Recent years have seen growing popular absorption with 'spirituality' in all its forms. But as this study shows, it is largely separated from theology. Spirituality has grown more self-referential and is subverted by consumerist mentality, while theology has grown critically proficient but uneasy in speaking from or to the heart of Christian mysteries. Through a study of exemplary writers such as Gregory of Nyssa, McIntosh recovers an understanding of the inner integrity of mystical consciousness and theological expression. The final chapters test the possibility of renewed conversation between spirituality and theology by drawing on spiritual traditions to re-think contemporary problems in Trinitarian thought, christology, and the understanding of the self. This book offers not only an analysis of spirituality and theology in the eras of their united activity, but also a hermeneutic for the theological appropriation of spirituality and a sustained argument for the renewal of mystical theology.
Table of Contents
Preface. Part I: Issues of History and Method. 1. Spirituality and Theology: The Questions at Issue. 2. Mystery and Doctrine: The Historical Integrity of Spirituality and Theology. 3. Recovering the Mystical Element of Theology: The Twentieth-Century Examples of Rahner and von Balthasar. 4. Theological Hermeneutics and Spiritual Texts. Part II: Mystical Theology in Practice. 5. Trinitarian Self-Abandon and the Problem of Divine Suffering. 6. The Hiddenness of God and the Self-Understanding of Jesus. 7. Love for the Other and Discovery of the Self. Index.
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: pbk ISBN 9781557869074
Description
As a result of the isolation of doctrinal theology from its roots in Christian spiritual life, the relationship between spirituality and theology is often perceived to be ambiguous and uneasy.
Table of Contents
Preface ix
Part I Issues of History and Method 1
1 Spirituality and Theology: The Questions at Issue 3
2 Mystery and Doctrine: The Historical Intergity of Spirituality and Theology 39
3 Recovering the Mystical Element of Theology: The Twentieth-Century Examples of Rahner and von Balthasar 90
4 Theological Hermeneutics and Spiritual Texts 119
Part II Mystical Theology in Practice 149
5 Trinitarian Self-Abandon and the Problem of Divine Suffering 151
6 The Hiddenness of God and the Self-Understanding of Jesus 187
7 Love for the Other and the Discovery of the Self 211
Index 243
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