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Meister Eckhart and the Beguine Mystics - by Bernard McGinn (Paperback)

Meister Eckhart and the Beguine Mystics - by  Bernard McGinn (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"A collection of scholarly essays on Marguerite Porete and other 14th-century Beguine mystics and the influence of these women on the thought of Meister Eckhart".--Common Boundary.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The great German mystic Meister Eckhart remains one of the most fascinating figures in Western thought. Revived interest in Eckhart's mysticism has been matched, and even surpassed, by the study of the women mystics of the late13th century. This book argues that Eckhart's thought cannot be fully be understood until it is viewed against the background of the breakthroughs made by the women mystics who preceded him.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"the compendium is brilliantly stimulating in the light it shines upon a little known phenomenon of mystical spirituality" Sufi, no.57--Sanford Lakoff<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Bernard McGinn is the Naomi Shenstone Donnelly Professor Historical Theology and the History of Christianity at the University of Chicago Divinity School.

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