‎John Arblaster (ed)‎
‎Hoghe minne es deen vor dander. Essays on the Christian Mystical Tradition in Honour of Rob Faesen SJ‎

‎, Brepols, 2026 Paperback, Pages: 535, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:7 b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503601755.‎

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‎Summary This volume brings together contributions by colleagues, friends, and (former) students of Rob Faesen SJ on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Rob Faesen was the founder and director for more than twenty years of the Institute for the Study of Spirituality at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven, as well as lecturer at the Ruusbroec Institute, Faculty of Arts, University of Antwerp, and holder of the Francis Xavier Chair at the Tilburg School of Catholic Theology, Tilburg University. In view of the dedicatee's research interests, this volume of essays focuses on the history of Christian mysticism with three central foci. The first part of the volume is devoted to the medieval mystical tradition, which lies at the heart of Rob Faesen's research. The second part focuses on the development of mysticism and spirituality in the Franciscan Order, the Devotio Moderna, and the Society of Jesus. The final section of the volume turns to the relations between mystical theology and the liturgy, art, and contemporary thought. The volume thus addresses themes and questions that have been of great interest to Rob Faesen both professionally and personally. TABLE OF CONTENTS A Tribute to Rob Faesen SJ John Arblaster Part I - The medieval mystical tradition Heaven for Us. The Geography of Prayer in Evagrius of Pontus, Antony of Egypt, and William of Saint-Thierry Douglas E. Christie "Behold the Battle, Hear the cordis clamor!". The Conceptual Metaphor LOVE IS WAR in the Song of Songs and Hadewijch's Songs John Arblaster and Danilo Verde Reflections on the References to Hadewijch's Works in the Apparatus of Sources of John of Ruusbroec's Opera omnia Guido de Baere (Trans. by John Arblaster) The Journey of the Soul to God in John of Ruusbroec's Seven Rungs and in Candid Tales of a Pilgrim Lieve Uyttenhove Baking Bread and Burning Bodies. Mysticism and Preaching in the Middle Dutch Limburg Sermons Lydia Shahan and Thom Mertens "Lord, Bring Us Where You Are Not". The Gaesdonck Treatises and a Translation of the First Treatise Michiel Vandenbroucke Does Mechthild of Hackeborn's Booke of Gostlye Grace Promote Deification? Louise Nelstrop Part II - Franciscan and Clarissan mysticism, the Devotio moderna, and the Jesuit tradition Care as Contemplation / Contemplation as Care in the Clarissan Tradition Krijn Pansters Hagiographic Memorisation and Performance. Angela of Foligno's Sources for the Life and Spirituality of Francis of Assisi Michael Hahn John Duns Scotus. A Mystical Theologian? Dominic Abbott The Practice of Vision as Theory. Reframing Mystical Theology in the Work of Nicholas of Cusa Inigo Bocken The Theme of Peace in the Middle Dutch Jhesus collacien Thom Mertens Gerard Zerbolt van Zutphen and Networks of Bible Readers in the Late Medieval Low Countries Wim Francois At nunc belle faciunt, cum sese pascunt. The Credibility of Pope Adrian VI and Erasmus as Church Reformers Paul van Geest The Spirituality and Devotional Practices of Jesuit Missionaries in the XVIIth-century Dutch Republic Joep van Gennip Christ's Fool. Jean-Joseph Surin (1600-1665) Dirk Boone (Trans. by John Arblaster) Early Modern Jesuit Spirituality and the Body. From Games and Sport to Diet Dries Vanysacker and Eleonora Rai (?2025) Towards Spiritual Perfection and Union with God. Deification in Libertus Fromondus's Brevis commentarius in Canticum canticorum Anton De Preter Part III - Mystical theology in relation to art, the liturgy, and modern thought Pentecost as Image. Enthousiasmos, Ruach, and the Senses. Also a Case-Study of the Benedictional of Archbishop Robert (Winchester Abbey, late Xth century) Barbara Baert The Image as Word and the Word as Image. Henry of Coesfeld, Rogier van der Weyden, and Mystical Culture in the Later Medieval Low Countries Tom Gaens Art, Spirituality, and Mysticism. The Resurgence of Mysticism in Contemporary Art Sander Vloebergs Saint John the Baptist. A Mystico-Liturgical Profile Joris Geldhof A Prayer for Church Dedication in the Liturgical-Mystical South Dakota Manuscript from Saint Agnes in Arnhem. With an Edition and Translation of the Prayer for Church Dedication Ineke Cornet Some Observations on The Evangelical Pearl, Gerhard Tersteegen, and S ren Kierkegaard Rik Van Nieuwenhove The Intuition of Being. The Rehabilitation of Antonio Rosmini, the Question of Ontologism, and Its Relevance to Mystical Theology Patrick Ryan Cooper Psychological or Mystical "Night"? A Conversation between Edith Stein and Saint John of the Cross Peter Tyler Julian of Norwich and Jean-Francois Lyotard. Between Word and Image Bradford Manderfield The Encounter with God. The Life and Work of Fr. Rapha l-Louis OEchslin OP (1907-1991) Anton-Marie Milh OP (Trans. by John Arblaster) Awakening to the Real within the Love of God. The Metaphysics of Contemplation Jacob Benjamins and Stephan van Erp‎