The presence of God : a history of Western Christian mysticism. 4 the harvest of mysticism in medieval Germany (1300-1500). - McGinn, Bernard, 1937- (New York Crossroad, 2005)
PART ONE: BACKGROUND -- Contemplata aliis tradere: mystical knowing in Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas -- Mysticism and heresy: the problem of the free spirit -- PART TWO: MEISTER ECKHART AND HIS STUDENTS -- Mysticism of the ground -- Meister Eckhart: mystical teacher and preacher -- Henry Suso's spiritual philosophy -- John Tauler the Lebmeister -- PART THREE: MYSTICISM FOR THE MANY IN LATE MEDIEVAL GERMANY -- Spreading the message: the diffusion of mysticism in late medieval Germany -- Three treatises on the mystical life -- Friends of God -- Nicholas of Cusa on mystical theology.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 671-713) and indexes.
Keywords: Mysticism -- Germany -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; 248.2 <43> "04/14" -- Mystieke theologie. Mystiek. Mysticisme--Duitsland voor 1945 en na 1989--Middeleeuwen