The Crisis of Mysticism
Author | : Bernard McGinn |
Publisher | : Herder & Herder |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2021-02-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 0824504674 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780824504670 |
Rating | : 4/5 (670 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Crisis of Mysticism written by Bernard McGinn and published by Herder & Herder. This book was released on 2021-02-22 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Crisis of Mysticism is the first book in English in seventy years to give a full account of the struggle over mystical spirituality that tore the Catholic Church apart at the end of the seventeenth century, resulting in papal condemnation of some mystics and the decline of mysticism in Catholicism for almost two centuries.