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The Mysticism of Ordinary Life presents a new vision of Christian mystical theology, offering critical interpretations of the theologians, philosophers, and intersectional feminists who draw on mystical traditions to affirm ordinary life, arguing that everyday experiences of divine grace can be an empowering source of social transformation.
List of contents
- Foreword, by Maria Clara Bingemer
- Introduction: A New Vision of Christian Mystical Theology
- Part 1: Catholic Mystical Theologians in the Twentieth Century
- 1: Grace in the Ordinary: The Mystical Theology of Karl Rahner
- 2: Obedience, Love, and Suffering: The Mystical Theology of Adrienne von Speyr and Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Part 2: Christian Mysticism and Postmodern Philosophy
- 3: Immanence and Alterity: The Mystical Styles of Michel Henry and Michel de Certeau
- 4: The Other Within: Constructs of Mystical Femininity in Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva
- Part 3: Intersectional Feminism: Mystical Traditions from the American Side of the Atlantic
- 5: The Divine in Between: Gloria Anzaldúa, Ada María Isasi-Díaz, and Other Mestizo/a Mystical Sources
- 6: Divine Darkness Revisited: Alice Walker, M. Shawn Copeland, and Other Womanist and Black Mystical Sources
- Conclusion
About the author
Andrew Prevot is Associate Professor in the Theology Department at Boston College. He earned an MTS and PhD in Systematic Theology from the University of Notre Dame and a BA in Philosophy from The Colorado College. He is the author of Thinking Prayer: Theology and Spirituality amid the Crises of Modernity and Theology and Race: Black and Womanist Traditions in the United States and co-editor of Anti-Blackness and Christian Ethics. He has published over thirty essays and articles on topics in mystical theology, philosophical theology, and political theology.
Summary
The Mysticism of Ordinary Life presents a new vision of Christian mystical theology, offering critical interpretations of the theologians, philosophers, and intersectional feminists who draw on mystical traditions to affirm ordinary life, arguing that everyday experiences of divine grace can be an empowering source of social transformation.
Additional text
The book makes a significant contribution to the theological study of Christian mysticism and its intersection with contemporary feminist thought, which is a conversation which will hopefully have several more chapters.
