Hildegard of Bingen : essential writings and chants of a Christian mystic annotated & explained

Author(s)

• Hildegard, Saint
• Kujawa-Holbrook, Sheryl A.

Bibliographic Information

Hildegard of Bingen : essential writings and chants of a Christian mystic annotated & explained

translation and annotation by Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook

（SkyLight illuminations）

SkyLight Paths Pub., 2016

• : pbk

Other Title

Hildegard of Bingen : essential writings and chants of a Christian mystic annotated and explained

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was a Christian mystic, visionary, abbess, composer, dramatist, poet and healer. The brilliance and passion of her writings - including inscriptions of her visions, letters, liturgical antiphons, hymns, a morality play and medical and scientific works - speak to readers within the church as well as those who are not formally religious but have an interest in mysticism, the spiritual life, the relationship between spirituality and creativity, feminist and eco-spiritualities and the arts. Though considered a controversial figure in her day, she was recently canonised and proclaimed a doctor of the church, an honour extended to only three other women saints in Christian history. This groundbreaking introduction to her rich and varied writings presents a wide range of Hildegard's works grouped by theme, providing a deeper understanding of this influential spiritual figure than single-themed collections can. Insightful and instructive annotations provide the reader with suggestions for how to read or "listen" to mediaeval mystical texts as well as how to engage fully with Latin chants, allowing readers to effectually begin a dialogue between the world of this twelfth-century mystic and our own.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Part 1: Living Light Part 2: Blazing Fire Part 3: Divine Love Part 4: Holy Wisdom Part 5: Spiritual Community Part 7: God's Creation Part 8: Celestial Harmony Part 9: Healing Sciences Part 10: Women's Health Part 11: Worldly Witness The Works of Hildegard of Bingen A Note on Sources Notes Suggested Resources

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Details

• NCID: BB21338119
• ISBN:
  • 9781594735141
• LCCN: 2015039481
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: lat
• Place of Publication: Woodstock, Vt.
• Pages/Volumes: li, 186 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BX4700.H5
  • DC23 : 248.2/2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mysticism -- Catholic Church -- Early works to 1800
  • LCSH : Spiritual life -- Catholic Church -- Early works to 1800
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA72169215