Meister Eckhart's Book of the Heart

Meditations for the Restless Soul

Jon M. Sweeney, Mark S. Burrows (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2017
Hampton Roads Publishing Co (Verlag)
978-1-57174-764-8 (ISBN)

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Meister Eckhart (1260-1328) was a priest, a mystic, and nearly a heretic (he died before the Church court's verdict). In the 20th century, the Roman Catholic Church rehabilitated him and the late Pope John Paul II spoke of his work with fondness.

However, what makes him of particular interest is the fact that he has influenced a wide range of spiritual teachers and mystics both inside and outside the Christian tradition. Erich Fromm, Eckhart Tolle, Richard Rohr, D. T. Suzuki, and Rudolf Steiner have all credited Eckhart as being an important influence on their thought. In addition, his work has influenced the development of 20th century American Buddhism and the Theosophical tradition.

Eckhart wrote at a time--much like our own--when society appeared to be coming apart at the seams. In the midst of all that chaos and uncertainty, he captured the many forms and stages of the love of God, the mystic path, and the journey of transformation--in language so startling that he, too, was often accused of heresy.

Now, seven centuries later, this fresh, stunning rendering of his work translates the essence of one of Christianity's greatest poetic and spiritual voices. Here is a book that conveys the heart of Eckhart's teaching on what it means to love God and embark on an authentic spiritual journey--a journey that is characterized by mystery, paradox, and an embrace of the unknown.

Jon M. Sweeney is an award-winning author and independent scholar. Currently, Jon is religion editor at Monkfish Book Publishing, editor of Living City magazine, and book review editor at SpiritualityandPractice.com. He speaks at literary and religious conferences, in churches and synagogues, and at independent bookstores. He is a Catholic married to a rabbi, and their interfaith marriage has been profiled in national media. He has been interviewed by the Dallas Morning News and The Irish Catholic, on radio with NPR and the BBC, and on television for CBS Saturday Morning, as well as NBC’s The Morning Blend and CBS Sunday Morning in Milwaukee. Jon’s books on Franciscan spirituality have sold a quarter million copies. He’s also author of thirty other books on spirituality, mysticism, biography, and memoir, including Meister Eckhart’s Book of the Heart, coauthored with Mark S. Burrows (Hampton Roads, 2017); Thomas Merton: An Introduction to His Life, Teachings, and Practices (St. Martin’s Essentials, 2021); and Sit in the Sun: And Other Lessons in the Spiritual Wisdom of Cats (Broadleaf, 2023). The Pope Who Quit (Doubleday/Image, 2014) has sold 50,000+ copies and was optioned by HBO.

Erscheinungsdatum	01.02.2018
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 178 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-10	1-57174-764-8 / 1571747648
ISBN-13	978-1-57174-764-8 / 9781571747648
Zustand	Neuware