The 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.