Mysticism and Prophecy: The Dominican Tradition

by Richard Woods

Overview

Explores the spiritual tradition embodied by the followers of St. Dominic, the thirteenth-century founder of the Order of Preachers. Woods focuses on the interplay between mystical and prophetic elements in Dominican spirituality, especially the relation between “knowing” and unknowing which characterized the work of such figures as Thomas Aquinas, Meister Eckhard, and Catherine of Siena.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781570752063
Publisher:	Orbis Books
Publication date:	07/19/2001
Series:	Traditions of Christian Spirituality Series
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	5.36(w) x 8.52(h) x 0.35(d)

About the Author

Richard Woods OP is a Dominican, a writer, and a lecturer in the Institute of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University, Chicago. He is also Adjunct Professor in Psychiatry at Loyola University Medical School, and lecturer and tutor at Blackfriars, Oxford.