Since its initiation in 1991, Studies in Spirituality has become a crucial international voice in the study of spirituality. The journal is published annually by the Titus Brandsma Institute.
The purpose of Studies in Spirituality is to publish academic and specialist articles on spirituality and mysticism, and thus promote spirituality as an academic discipline with a specific object and methodology – a discipline in continuous dialogue with other sciences that may assist in clarifying questions and problems in spirituality.
Since spirituality needs a multi-disciplinary approach, Studies in Spirituality covers a wide spectrum: theoretical questions about spirituality and mysticism; fundamental aspects and phenomena of spiritual transformation; important currents, periods and figures in the different spiritual traditions. The focus is on Judeo-Christian traditions mainly, although not exclusively.
Edition 19/2009
Studies in Spirituality 19 will appear Fall 2009. There is an overview of summaries of all contributions.
Articles:
Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh
Practical Mysticism – Its Definition, Parts and Characteristics
Arthur Versluis
Basilides and the Political Implications of Negative Theology
Robert Boenig
Julian of Norwich and the Art of Memory
Charlò Camilleri
To Be is to Gaze and Be Gazed at – Vision in Maria Maddalena de’ Pazzi’s Mysticism
Roberto Fusco
The Role of Christ’s Physicalness in Angela’s Experience of the Mystic Union
Albrecht Classen
Taste, Sound, and Smell in the Mystical Realm – Visionary Phenomenology on the Basis of Sensual Experiences: Agnes Blannbekin († 1315)
Timothy Hessel-Robinson
Erotic Mysticism in Puritan Eucharistic Spirituality
Robyn Wrigley Carr
The Butterfly and the King – Self Knowledge in Teresa of Avila’s InteriorCastle
Elisabeth Dreyer
The Spirituality of Philanthropy – The Women around Ignatius Loyola
Janet Ruffing
The Epistolary Soul-Friendship between Elisabeth Leseur and Soeur Marie Goby
Marie Baird
Mysticism and the Playful Slippage of Symbols – A Voegelinian Meditation on the Areopagite and his Heirs
Harald Walach
A Medieval Carthusian Monk’s Recipe to Multiple Kensho – Hugh of Balma’s Approach to Mystical Union and Some Striking Similarities to Modern Zen Teaching
André van der Braak
Zen Spirituality in a Secular Age II – Dōgen on Fullness: Zazen as Ritual Embodiment of Buddhahood
René van Leeuwen
Towards Nursing Competencies in Spiritual Care
Book notices
On the authors
Editorial Board
Kees Waaijman (Nijmegen – The Netherlands)
Hein Blommestijn (Nijmegen – The Netherlands)
Frans Maas (Nijmegen – The Netherlands)
Advisory Board Melquiades Andrés Martín (Caceres - Spanje)
Alvaro Cacciotti (Rome - Italië)
Mariette Canévet (Strabourg - Frankrijk)
Joseph Dan (Jeruzalem - Israël)
Elizabeth Dreyer (Silver Spring, MD - USA)
Keith J. Egan (Notre Dame, IN - USA)
Rachel Elior (Jeruzalem - Israël)
Anton Geels (Lund - Zweden)
James Hogg (Salzburg - Oostenrijk)
Celia Kourie (Pretoria - South Africa)
Bernard McGinn (Chicago - USA)
Sandra Schneiders (Berkeley, CA - USA)
Philip Sheldrake (Cambridge - Engeland)
Secretary
Studies in Spirituality
Att. Wendy Litjens
Titus Brandsma Institute
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