The Mystic Way in Postmodernity

Transcending Theological Boundaries in the Writings of Iris Murdoch, Denise Levertov and Annie Dillard

Sue Yore author James M M Francis editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Verlag Peter Lang

Published:4th Feb '09

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This book challenges experiential, esoteric and colloquial understandings of mysticism by bringing a fresh relevance to the term through an interdisciplinary dialogue between literature, mysticism and theology in the context of postmodernity. In order to achieve this, the author takes selected writings of Iris Murdoch, Denise Levertov and Annie Dillard, and incorporates them into various stages of a redesigned mystic way. The fourteenth-century mystic Julian of Norwich is invoked throughout as a role model whom these three writers seek to emulate as popular writers, contemplatives and theologians. As theologians who are concerned with the pressing issues of our age, Grace Jantzen, Dorothee Soelle and Sallie McFague are drawn on as conversation partners to complete the three-way discussion. The author maintains that understanding the writing and reading of creative texts in the context of practical mysticism facilitates an integrated approach to the use of literature for theological expression.

«This is Sue Yore’s first book and one can but hope that it will not be her last. [...] This is a well-informed, mature, temperate and articulate exploration of the profound relationship between literature and theology.» (David Jasper, Literature and Theology)

ISBN: 9783039115365

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 490g

340 pages

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