This is a comprehensive study which examines mysticism from its pagan origins to Paul and the Church Fathers, as it was understood in medieval times, as well as by Jewish and Buddhist initiates. The book is a sweeping exegesis of historic and foundational literature and myth, which Bouyer interprets in the light of Christian history and theology.
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'What is particularly exceptional about this book is the way in which Bouyer employs different disciplines and areas of knowledge to pursue the question: who is this father of Jesus Christ? Comparative religion, psychoanalysis and the Bible and tradition are all engaged with, to give a satisfying and rich answer.'
Gavin D'Costa, Theological Book Review
"reminds us once again of how much a Catholic theological culture in these islands owes to the (non-Catholic) Scottish publishing house of T&T Clark…Père Bouyer is Mircea Eliade arrayed in the Episcopal robes of St Gregory of Nyssa. Corners of a building so grandiose as to include, as this one does, myth, depth psychology, and the social sciences as well as the history of religions from Shamanism to Shinto, can surely be chipped away here and there by thinkers with other suasions to offer or by specialist scholars. Yet the overall effect of Bouyer's construction is impressive…Bouyer gives us his own his own prescription for the reinvigoration of theological life."
- Irish Theological Quarterly, 2001
"reminds us once again of how much a Catholic theological culture in these islands owes to the (non-Catholic) Scottish publishing house of T&T Clark…Père Bouyer is Mircea Eliade arrayed in the Episcopal robes of St Gregory of Nyssa. Corners of a building so grandiose as to include, as this one does, myth, depth psychology, and the social sciences as well as the history of religions from Shamanism to Shinto, can surely be chipped away here and there by thinkers with other suasions to offer or by specialist scholars. Yet the overall effect of Bouyer's construction is impressive…Bouyer gives us his own his own prescription for the reinvigoration of theological life."
- Irish Theological Quarterly, 2001 --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Gavin D'Costa, Theological Book Review
"reminds us once again of how much a Catholic theological culture in these islands owes to the (non-Catholic) Scottish publishing house of T&T Clark…Père Bouyer is Mircea Eliade arrayed in the Episcopal robes of St Gregory of Nyssa. Corners of a building so grandiose as to include, as this one does, myth, depth psychology, and the social sciences as well as the history of religions from Shamanism to Shinto, can surely be chipped away here and there by thinkers with other suasions to offer or by specialist scholars. Yet the overall effect of Bouyer's construction is impressive…Bouyer gives us his own his own prescription for the reinvigoration of theological life."
- Irish Theological Quarterly, 2001
"reminds us once again of how much a Catholic theological culture in these islands owes to the (non-Catholic) Scottish publishing house of T&T Clark…Père Bouyer is Mircea Eliade arrayed in the Episcopal robes of St Gregory of Nyssa. Corners of a building so grandiose as to include, as this one does, myth, depth psychology, and the social sciences as well as the history of religions from Shamanism to Shinto, can surely be chipped away here and there by thinkers with other suasions to offer or by specialist scholars. Yet the overall effect of Bouyer's construction is impressive…Bouyer gives us his own his own prescription for the reinvigoration of theological life."
- Irish Theological Quarterly, 2001 --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
Original Language: French
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From Myth to Mysticism,
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This review is from: The Christian Mystery: From Pagan Myth to Christian Mysticism (Paperback)
Father Louis Bouyer has written a detailed yet clear account of the Christian experience underlying the entire faith, the union of the person with the Holy Trinity. Partly an anthropological study on the nature of the cultic practices of early societies and mostly a treatise on the way in which Christianity built upon the "good dreams" that pervaded humanity leading up to the Incarnation, Bouyer sympathetically reviews in particular Hellenistic paganism by focusing upon Eleusis, Mother Goddesses, Dionysius, Orphism, and Mithras. He then reviews the Jewish Wisdom tradition and, for the next 200 pages, devotes himself entirely to the Christian experience in its New Testament and sub apostolic expressions. He also includes insightful chapters on the later tradition including modern psychological understandings of mysticism. This is a very insightful and useful book for both the novice and the expert. Be sure to look at the sample pages as they give you the best review! Enjoy!
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