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245	0	4	_aThe Oxford handbook of mystical theology / _cedited by Edward Howells and Mark A. McIntosh.
246	3	0	_aHandbook of mystical theology
246	3	0	_aMystical theology
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aOxford: _bOxford University press, _c2020
300			_axiv, 704 pages ; _c25 cm.
490	1		_a[Oxford handbooks]
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
520	8		_aThe Oxford Handbook of Mystical Theology provides a guide to the mystical element of Christianity as a theological phenomenon. It differs not only from psychological and anthropological studies of mysticism, but from other theological studies, such as more practical or pastorally-oriented works that examine the patterns of spiritual progress and offer counsel for deeper understanding and spiritual development. It also differs from more explicitly historical studies tracing the theological and philosophical contexts and ideas of various key figures and schools, as well as from literary studies of the linguistic tropes and expressive forms in mystical texts. None of these perspectives is absent, but the method here is more deliberately theological, working from within the fundamental interests of Christian mystical writers to the articulation of those interests in distinctively theological forms, in order, finally, to permit a critical theological engagement with them for today. Divided into four parts, the first section introduces the approach to mystical theology and offers a historical overview. Part two attends to the concrete context of sources and practices of mystical theology. Part three moves to the fundamental conceptualities of mystical thought. The final section ends with the central contributions of mystical teaching to theology and metaphysics. Students and scholars with a variety of interests will find different pathways through the Handbook. --
650		0	_aMysticism _xChristianitiy.
650		0	_aNegative theology _xChristianity.
650		7	_aMysticism. _2fast
650		7	_aNegative theology _xChristianity. _2fast
700	1		_aHowells, Edward, _eeditor, _ewriter of introduction.
700	1		_aMcIntosh, Mark Allen, _d1960- _eeditor, _ewriter of introduction.
830		0	_aOxford handbooks.
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