Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition

Scholars of the patristic era have paid more attention to the dogmatic tradition in their period than to the development of Christian mystical theology. Andrew Louth aims to redress the balance. Recognizing that the intellectual form of this tradition was decisively influenced by Platonic ideas of the soul''s relationship to God, Louth begins with an examination of Plato and Platonism. The discuss...