Mysticism After Modernity

In Mysticism After Modernity, Don Cupitt argues that the extensive modern literature about mysticism has rested upon a mistake - the belief that there can be meaningful experience prior to language.

Don Cupitt was, for over 25 years, Dean of Emmanuel College Cambridge.

Introduction: The Mysticism of Secondariness
The Modern Construction of Mysticism and Religious Experience
Theories of Mysticism in Modernity
Dogmatic Theology is an Ideology of Absolute Spiritual Power
Mysticism is a Kind of Writing
How Mystical Writing Produces Religious Happiness
The Politics of Mysticism
Mystical Writing was the Forerunner of Deconstruction and Radical Theology
Meltdown
Happiness
Eternity
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Mysticism After Modernity

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