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The common life: the origins of trinitarian mysticism and its development by Jan Ruusbroec
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ISBN: 0824506278 Year: 1984 Publisher: New York Crossroad


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L'ami invisible
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ISBN: 2710328577 9782710328575 Year: 2006 Publisher: Paris La table ronde

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Il n'est pas un exilé, dont la vie et l'œuvre seraient assombries par le déracinement, il ne peut écrire comme Raymond Lulle : " Un homme était en tristesse et en langueur sur une terre étrangère.


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Commitments to medieval mysticism within contemporary contexts
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ISBN: 9789042934474 9042934476 Year: 2017 Volume: 290 Publisher: Leuven Peeters

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Why do we, as contemporary scholars of Christian medieval mysticism, privilege the reading of medieval mystical texts as our focus? How can we define their ability to uniquely address relevant issues for readers today, without losing our attention to their historical integrity? These meta-questions encourage contributors of this volume to reflect critically on their own approaches to medieval mysticism from theology, philosophy of religion, hermeneutics in literature, and religious studies. Their diverse accounts for the meaningfulness of the study of medieval mysticism attest to the possibility of renewing a greater continuity of the heritage of medieval Christian spirituality in our time.


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Spiritual formation as the hero's journey in John of Ruusbroec
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ISBN: 9781032137568 1032137568 9781032154268 1032154268 9781003244110 Year: 2022 Publisher: London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

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This book examines the theology of spiritual formation developed by fourteenth-century Flemish mystic John of Ruusbroec, arguing that his formational path clearly and consistently displays the characteristics of the archetypal narrative structure of the hero’s journey.To start with, a hermeneutical dialogue between scholars of the hero’s journey and Ruusbroec is established, employing the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer. The author then examines the stages and tropes of the hero’s journey according to Vladimir Propp, Joseph Campbell, Northrop Frye, René Girard, Dean Miller, and others, exploring the parallels in Ruusbroec’s writing and theology of spiritual formation. The book follows Ruusbroec’s story of answering the divine call, journeying inward and experiencing the trials of spiritual transformation, attaining the treasure of divine union, and returning in loving service to others. Finally, the ramifications of the argument for the interpretation and application of other mystical and heroic narratives are considered.Offering a new perspective on John of Ruusbroec, mystical theology, and the hero’s journey as a spiritual quest, this volume will be of interest to scholars of mysticism, theology, formative spirituality, narrative theory, and religious literature of the Low Countries.

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