Project Gutenberg 2005-01-04 Public domain in the USA. 105 Inge, William Ralph 1860 1954 Inge, Dean (William Ralph) Inge, W. R. (William Ralph) Christian Mysticism E-text prepared by Bob Jones, Frank van Drogen, David King, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Christian Mysticism" by William Ralph Inge is a scholarly exposition written during the late 19th century. This work consists of eight lectures delivered at the University of Oxford, which seek to explore the historical development and fundamental characteristics of Christian mysticism and its philosophical implications within a Christian framework. The opening of the text establishes the author’s intention to contribute to the apologetic discourse on Christian mysticism while providing a historical framework to examine its evolution. Inge emphasizes the importance of mystical experiences in the spiritual life and how they serve both as a response to the challenges posed by rationalism and as a means of reform within religious practices. He outlines the complexities surrounding the definitions of mysticism, critiques contemporary interpretations, and highlights the significance of love, purification, and the realization of divine presence as intrinsic to the mystic experience. Through a careful analysis of its historical development, the author aims to present a compelling case for the relevance of mysticism in understanding the Christian faith. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Mysticism BV Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 743457 743285 2024-09-06T12:24:53.626644 2023-09-07T04:14:17.744811 text/html text/html 743450 743278 2024-09-06T12:24:53.879652 2023-09-07T04:14:17.917759 text/html text/html 341002 2024-09-06T12:25:02.161631 application/epub+zip 351074 2024-09-06T12:24:55.449649 application/epub+zip 351074 2024-09-06T12:24:54.523658 application/epub+zip 604618 2024-09-06T12:25:07.718581 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 565412 2024-09-06T12:25:01.501666 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 565470 2022-09-07T17:19:12.974078 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 705029 704924 2024-09-06T12:24:53.212712 2023-09-07T04:14:17.381769 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 703920 2020-12-19T02:48:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 275321 2020-12-19T02:48:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 704155 2020-12-19T02:48:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 274622 2020-12-19T02:48:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19445 2024-09-06T12:25:07.852585 application/rdf+xml 14793 2024-09-06T12:24:54.875647 image/jpeg 3768 2024-09-06T12:24:54.702653 image/jpeg 339532 2024-09-06T12:24:53.941673 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia