Mysticism After Modernity
December 1997, Wiley-Blackwell
1. The Modern Construction of Mysticism and Religious Experience.
2. Theories of Mysticism in Modernity.
3. Dogmatic Theology is an Ideology of Absolute Spiritual Power.
4. Mysticism is a Kind of Writing.
5. How Mystical Writing Produces Religious Happiness.
6. The Politics of Mysticism.
7. Mystical Writing was the Forerunner of Deconstruction and Radical Theology.
* Highly respected and well known author.
* Re-interprets this much debated topic of study.
* Places the subject of mysticism in a postmodern context.
"A lucid and stimulating argument for ways to understand
mysticism in the postmodern world. Mysticism After Modernity
should prove invaluable to those concerned about the relevance and
ongoing survival of the mystical tradition." Carl McColman,
<!--end-->"Postmodernists are likely to find this
enjoyable reading....this is a challenging little book that
deserves to be explored by students of mysticism and religious
experience"George Adams, Susquehanna University
"The central theme of this book is the claim that the writings of the classical mystics are misunderstood when they are treated (as they are even by Derrida) as qualified versions of an orthodox metaphysical theism."Maurice Wiles, Oxford