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Author Kieckhefer, Richard, author

Title The mystical presence of Christ the exceptional and the ordinary in late medieval religion Richard Kieckhefer
Published Ithaca Cornell University Press 2022
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Description 1 online resource illustrations
Series Medieval societies, religions, and cultures
Medieval societies, religions, and cultures.
Contents Divine person, divine and human natures -- Narrating the presence of the God-man -- Presupposition, intuition, and perception -- Prayer, meditation, and presence -- Liturgy and presence -- Person, personality, and gender -- The inculturation of Christ -- The presence of Christ in social dynamics -- Christ as disciplinarian, bridegroom, and teacher in the life of Dorothea of Montau -- Recognized problems
Summary "Explores the connections between exceptional experience of Christ's presence and ordinary Christocentric devotion and argues that for both exceptional and ordinary piety it was crucially important that Christ be seen as divine. Subjects examined in the book include German nuns of Helfta and later Dominicans, Margery Kempe, Angela of Foligno, Catherine of Siena, and Dorothea of Montau"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis late medieval mysticism, medieval nuns, devotion to christ, gertrude of helfta, margery kempe, dorothea of montau
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 17, 2022)
Subject Jesus Christ -- Presence.
Jesus Christ -- Divinity.
Jesus Christ -- Apparitions and miracles.
SUBJECT Jesus Christ fast
Subject Mystical union.
HISTORY -- Medieval.
Divinity of Christ
Miracles
Mystical union
Presence of Jesus Christ
Religion & beliefs.
Religion.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021052223
ISBN 1501765132
9781501765124
1501765124
9781501765131