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Mysticism and scholasticism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2023

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Richard Cross*
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Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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Abstract

This article offers some reflections on Christina Van Dyke's Hidden Wisdom, using the opportunity to make some suggestions as to possible lines of influence between the world of scholastic theology and that of the female medieval mystics in what Van Dyke considers their ‘annihilationist’ mode: that the goal of the spiritual life is transformation into God in some sense.

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Religious Studies , Volume 60 , Special Issue 3: Women-Focused , September 2024 , pp. 510 - 514
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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