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The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works

» Anonymous

Translator - A. C. Spearing

Penguin Classics
Paperback : 30 Aug 2001

£8.99

Synopsis

This collection includes The Cloud of Unknowing, The Mystical Theology of Saint Denis, The Book of Privy Counselling, and An Epistle on Prayer.

Against a tradition of devotional writings which focussed on knowing God through Christ's Passion and his humanity, these texts describe a transcendent God who exists beyond human knowledge and human language. These four texts are at the heart of medival mystical theology in their call for contemplation, calm, and above all, love, as the way to understand the Divine.

Table of contents

The Cloud of Unknowing

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Further Reading
Note on the Text

The Mystical Theology of St. Denis
The Cloud of Unknowing
The Book of Privy Counselling
An Epistle on Prayer

Notes
Appendix: Middle English text of The Mystical Theology of St. Denis, chapter 2

Product details

Format : Paperback
ISBN: 9780140447620
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 208
Published : 30 Aug 2001
Publisher : Penguin Classics

The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works

» Anonymous

Translator - A. C. Spearing

£8.99

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