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<p><i>The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Christian Mysticism </i>brings together a team of leading international scholars to explore the origins, evolution, and contemporary debates relating to Christian mystics, texts, and the movements they inspired.</p> <ul> <li>Provides a comprehensive and engaging account of Christian mysticism, from its origins right up to the present day</li> <li>Draws on the best of current scholarship by bringing together a collection of newly-commissioned readings by leading scholars</li> <li>Considers examples of mysticism in both Eastern and Western Christianity</li> <li>Offers a brilliant synthesis of the key figures and historical periods of mysticism; its core themes, such as heresy, gender, or aesthetics; and its theoretical considerations, including theological, literary, social scientific, and philosophical approaches</li> <li>Features chapters on current debates such as neuroscience and mystical experience, and inter-religious dialogue</li> </ul>