The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition

• Redresses the balance towards studies of dogma in the early Church by exploring the growth of the mystical tradition

New to this edition

• A new Epilogue brings this classic study up to date

Readership: Scholars and students of the early Church; those interested in mysticism.

Andrew Louth, Professor of Patristic and Byzantine Studies, University of Durham

"The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition [is] a standard resource for students of this topic" - M. J Edwards, The Classical Review

"a book on spirituality which is trenchant and without any touch of sentimentality." - Henry Chadwick, TLS

"It is not often that we chance to meet with a book so rich that it would be impossible to discuss it in full without writing another one at least as long." - Louis Bouyer, Sobornost

"It is a great merit in this book that it is ready to talk about dogma and indeed tries to unite, in the spirit of the Fathers, doctrine and spirituality." - Journal of Theological Studies

"splendid survey of patristic spirituality ... Here we find not merely the often-repeated statement that theology and spirituality are inseparable in the Fathers, but a careful demonstration of this." - New Fire

1: Plato
2: Philo
3: Plotinus
4: Origen
5: Nicene Orthodoxy
6: The Monastic Contributions
7: Augustine
8: Denys the Areopagite
9: Patristic Mysticism and St John of the Cross
10: The Mystical Life and the Mystical Body
11: Epilogue