{"product_id":"the-mystical-presence-of-christ-the-exceptional-and-the-ordinary-in-late-medieval-religion-hardback-9781501765117","title":"The Mystical Presence of Christ; The Exceptional and the Ordinary in Late Medieval Religion (Hardback) 9781501765117","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Mystical Presence of Christ\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Exceptional and the Ordinary in Late Medieval Religion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Kieckhefer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501765117\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 September 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e382 pages, 4 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 4 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWide-ranging in scope and groundbreaking in methodology,\u003ci\u003e The Mystical Presence of Christ \u003c\/i\u003eis a magisterial work that rethinks the interplay between the exceptional and the ordinary in the workings of late medieval religion.\u003c\/p\u003e (AmericaReads Blogspot) \u003cp\u003eThe surest sign of the book's success is that it left me wanting for more,—not nesessarily more details, but further exploration of some findings. I would recommend \u003ci\u003eThe Mystical Presence of Christ \u003c\/i\u003ewholeheartedly as a work full of fascinating insights.\u003c\/p\u003e (Church History)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mystical Presence of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e investigates the connections between exceptional experiences of Christ's presence and ordinary devotion to Christ in the late medieval West.\u003c\/b\u003e Unsettling the notion that experiences of seeing Christ's figure or hearing Christ speak are simply exceptional events that happen at singular moments, Richard Kieckhefer reveals the entanglements between these experiences and those that occur through the imagery, language, and rituals of ordinary, everyday devotional culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKieckhefer begins his book by reconsidering the \"who\" and the \"how\" of Christ's mystical presence. He argues that Christ's humanity and divinity were equally important preconditions for encounters, both exceptional and ordinary, which Kieckhefer proposes as existing on a spectrum of experience that moves from presupposition to intuition and finally to perception. Kieckhefer then examines various contexts of Christ manifestations—during prayer, meditation, and liturgy, for example—with attention to gender dynamics and the relationship between saintly individuals and their hagiographers. Through penetrating discussions of a diverse set of texts and figures across the long fourteenth century (Angela of Foligno, the nuns of Helfta, Margery Kempe, Dorothea of Montau, Meister Eckhart, Henry Suso, and Walter Hilton, among others), Kieckhefer shows that seemingly exceptional manifestations of Christ were also embedded in ordinary religious experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWide-ranging in scope and groundbreaking in methodology, \u003ci\u003eThe Mystical Presence of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e is a magisterial work that rethinks the interplay between the exceptional and the ordinary in the workings of late medieval religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Presence of Christ as Exceptional and Ordinary\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart One: The Subject and Manner of Manifestation\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e1. Divine Person, Divine and Human Natures\u003cbr\u003e 2. Narrating the Presence of the God-Man\u003cbr\u003e 3. Presupposition, Intuition, and Perception\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart Two: Contexts and Aspects of Manifestation\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e4. Prayer, Meditation, and Presence\u003cbr\u003e 5. Liturgy and Presence\u003cbr\u003e 6. Person, personality, and gender\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Inculturation of Christ\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Presence of Christ in Social Dynamics\u003cbr\u003e 9. Christ as Disciplinarian, Bridegroom, and Teacher in the Life of Dorothea of Montau\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Problematics of Presence\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Connected Themes in Late Medieval Religion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52711909294360,"sku":"9781501765117","price":40.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-mystical-presence-of-christ-the-exceptional-and-the-ordinary-in-late-medieval-religion-hardback-9781501765117","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}