Τηε Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism

Introduction Amy Hollywood and Patricia Z. Beckman
Part I. Contexts:
1. Early monasticism Douglas Burton-Christie
2. Song, experience, and the book in Benedictine monasticism Amy Hollywood
3. New religious movements in medieval western Europe Walter Simons
4. Early modern reformations Edward Howells
Part II. Key Terms:
5. Apophatic and cataphatic theology Andrew Louth
6. Lectio divina E. Ann Matter
7. Meditatio/meditation Thomas Bestul
8. Oratio/prayer Rachel Fulton Brown
9. Visio/vision Veerle Fraeters
10. Raptus/rapture Dyan Elliott
11. Unio mystica/mystical union Bernard McGinn
12. Actio et contemplatio/action and contemplation Charlotte Radler
Part III. Contemporary Questions:
13. Latin and the vernaculars Barbara Newman
14. Transmission Sara S. Poor
15. Writing Charles M. Stang
16. The body and its senses Patricia Dailey
17. Mysticism and visuality Jeffrey Hamburger
18. Emotions Fiona Somerset
19. Authority Mary Frohlich
20. Gender Alison Weber
21. Sexuality Constance Furey
22. Time and memory Patricia Dailey.

Amy Hollywood is Elizabeth H. Monrad Professor of Christian Studies at Harvard Divinity School. She is the author of The Soul as Virgin Wife: Mechthild of Magdeburg, Marguerite Porete, and Meister Eckhart (1995); Sensible Ecstasy: Mysticism, Sexual Difference, and the Demands of History (2002) and Acute Melancholia and Other Essays (forthcoming). She has written widely on topics medieval and modern and is currently engaged in a historical, philosophical and theological exploration of enthusiasm in the modern West. She is also the editor of the Gender, Theory and Religions series for Columbia University Press and on the editorial board for the University of Chicago Press's Religion and Postmodernity series.

Patricia Z. Beckman teaches in the Department of Religion and the Great Conversation program at St Olaf College. Her research and writing explore medieval women's mystical teaching and practice, especially Mechthild of Magdeburg's. She serves on the Council of the American Society of Church History and has worked as senior fellow for the Ford Foundation Difficult Dialogues project. She is an advocate for the public understanding, discussion and debate of all things religious and historical.