A Deep but Dazzling Darkness: An Anthology of Personal Experiences of God

by Lethbridge, Lucy; O'Grady, Selina

• ISBN13: 9780232524260
• ISBN10: 0232524262
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Darton Longman & Todd Ltd

Summary

Brings together a vivid and inspiring selection of men and women¿s attempts to describe their experience of God.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
From Genesis to Jeremiah	1	(11)
From St Matthew to St Hesychios the Priest: 1st--7th century	12	(21)
From Bede to St Symeon: 7th--11th century	33	(9)
From St Anselm to Thomas a Kempis: 11th--15th century	42	(21)
From Martin Luther to Ben Jonson: 15th--16th century	63	(9)
From Marina of Escobar to Cotton Mather: 16th--18th century	72	(22)
From Elizabeth Singer Rowe to William Wordsworth: 18th--19th century	94	(16)
From Zilpha Elaw to Henry Handel Richardson: 19th--20th century	110	(23)
From Miguel Unamuno to Carolyn M. Rodgers: 20th--21st century	133	(28)
Biographies and Notes	161	(15)
Acknowledgements	176	(5)
Index of Authors	181