Three Spiritual Directors for Our Time: Julian of Norwich, the Cloud of Unknowing, Walter Hilton
by Julia Gatta
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Spiritual Direction from the English Mystics: 'The Revelations of Divine Love', by Julian of Norwich 'The Cloud of Unknowing', Anonymous 'Scale of Perfection', Walter Hilton The current popularity enjoyed by these 14th century English mystics lies in their vocation to seek union with God. Here, for the first time, Julia Gatta shows these mystics to be prototypes for the modern spiritual director, displaying keen insights into that pastoral art. At the heart of the mystics' writings is their show more own intense desire not merely to see and know God for themselves, but also to bring others to this union with God. show lessTags
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Julia Gatta is Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology in the School of Theology at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. The author of The Pastoral Art of the English Mystics, she is a spiritual director, retreat conductor, and priest who served parishes in Connecticut for twenty-five years.
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