Our new book from Evelyn Underhill, The Mystics of the Church, brilliantly leads readers through a survey of Christian history, presenting some of the great mystics through the ages and examining their unique contributions to Christian spirituality. Underhill discusses the following categories and mystical thinkers:
- Mysticism in the Bible: Paul
- Mysticism in the Early Church: Cassian, Augustine and Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite
- The Early Middle Ages: Hildegarde, Helfde, Richard of St. Victor and Bernard of Clairvaux
- Franciscan Mysticism: Francis, the Spiritual Franciscans, Jacopone da Todi and Angela of Foligno
- English Medieval Mystics: Richard Rolle, The Cloud of Unknowing, Walter Hilton and Julian of Norwich
- German and Flemish Mysticism: Meister Eckhart, the Friends of God, the Theologia Germanica, Johannes Tauler, Henry Suso and John van Ruysbroeck
- Catherine of Siena and Catherine of Genoa
- Spanish Mysticism: Ignatius of Loyola, Peter of Alcantara, Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross
- French Seventeenth-Century Mysticism: Madame Acarie, Pierre de Bérulle, Francis de Sales, Chantal-Marie de L’Incarnation, Blaise Pascal, Brother Lawrence, François Fénelon and the Quietists
- Protestant Mystics: Jacob Boehme, Angelus Silesius, the Mystical Poets and Cambridge Platonists, John Fox and the Quakers, William Law and Henry Martyn
Through this journey you will develop a deeper appreciation for the flowing river of Christian thought and practice from the ancient past to today. You can download your free copy of this masterful work for Kindle, EPUB and PDF, and see all our other free books.
