The Foundations of Mysticism: Origins to the Fifth Century

by Bernard McGinn

Series: The presence of God (vol. 1)

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In this first of four volumes, Bernard McGinn describes the very beginnings of mysticism in the New Testament period up to AD 500. He summarizes and expounds some very dense and difficult writings so that the reader can grasp the trends and themes that developed during this early period. The book is especially strong on revealing the influence of Neoplatonism on these early Christian authors. (

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This volume in dedicated to my students, past and present, at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, who have been helpful critics, frequent instructors, and friends.

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The idea for a multivolume history of Christian mysticism first occurred to me in 1982.

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