Table of Contents

Preface.
Part I: Issues of History and Method.


1. Spirituality and Theology: The Questions at Issue.


2. Mystery and Doctrine: The Historical Integrity of
Spirituality and Theology.


3. Recovering the Mystical Element of Theology: The
Twentieth-Century Examples of Rahner and von Balthasar.


4. Theological Hermeneutics and Spiritual Texts.


Part II: Mystical Theology in Practice.


5. Trinitarian Self-Abandon and the Problem of Divine
Suffering.


6. The Hiddenness of God and the Self-Understanding of
Jesus.


7. Love for the Other and Discovery of the Self.


Index.

About the Author

Mark A. McIntosh is Assistant Professor of Theology at Loyola University of Chicago.

Reviews

"McIntosh offers a fruitful avenue for overcoming the split between
theology and spirituality that has emerged in contemporary
Christianity. His mastery of the history of mystical theology is
insightful and impressive. His hermeneutical strategy, developed
both in its theoretical and practical dimensions, makes a major
contribution to the recent study of mysticism." Bernard McGinn,
University of Chicago






"Mystical Theology is one of the most sustained,
systematic and impressive attempts at uniting spirituality and
dogma, and demonstrating the necessity of this union, that I have
encountered." Brian Horne, Kings College London




"The book is a sound exploration of the Christian
mystical tradition. The strength of McIntosh's work is its
attention to the postmodern question of the other, both human and
divine. In short, McIntosh aptly shows that the mystical tradition,
which has received comparatively little attention by modern
theologians, can and must be an important source for postmodern
thinkers. Those who are concerned to address the role of Christian
theology in the postmodern age will find this book an important
contribution." Timothy P. Muldoon, Mount Aloysius College,
Journal of the American Academy of Religion




"This is a clearly-written and well-crafted argument for the
reintegration of spirituality and theology." Michael Downey,
Spirituality