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Description
This volume presents thoroughly elaborated studies on various facets of mysticism from Francis of Assisi to Johann Sebastian Bach. It focuses in particular on Mechthild of Magdeburg, on Upper Rhine mysticism, especially Meister Eckhart and Johannes Tauler, and on Martin Luther. So, the volume embeds the Reformer deeply in late medieval mysticism. The essays elucidate the paths that mystical thought has taken through the centuries. Mysrtical spirituality enables a beguine to articulate herself theologically, it deepens sacramental thinking in the Middle Ages as well as in the Reformation and it expresses itself in musical composition. The volumes helps to understand thethe rich mystical potential of Christianity.



