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The Mysticism of the Cloud of Unknowing [Hardcover]

William Johnston (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0823220745 | ISBN-13: 978-0823220748 | Publication Date: January 1, 2000 | Edition: 2nd

"Mystics have groped for words in which to account for the supreme reality of this experience... All this is said in classic and unforgettable pages by The Cloud of Unknowing, the work of an anonymous fourteenth-century English writer. . . Johnston [provides] the first extended and coherent theological treatment .... a most welcome and valuable contribution."-Thomas Merton

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"...this book is a most welcome and valuable contribution to mystical theology." -- Thomas Merton

About the Author

William Johnston S.J., an Irish priest who teaches at Sophia University in Tokyo, is the author of many acclaimed books, including, from Fordham University Press, Christian Zen: A Way of Meditation, Being in Love: The Practice of Christian Prayer, and Silent Music: The Science of Meditation.

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Hardcover: 285 pages
Publisher: Fordham University Press; 2nd edition (January 1, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0823220745
ISBN-13: 978-0823220748
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
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