The Mysticism of Ordinary Life: Theology, Philosophy, and Feminism presents a new vision of Christian mystical theology. It offers critical interpretations of Catholic theologians, postmodern philosophers, and intersectional feminists who draw on mystical traditions to affirm ordinary life. It raises questions about normativity, gender, and race, while arguing that the everyday experience of the grace of divine union can be an empowering source of social
transformation. It develops Christian teachings about the Word made flesh, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and the Christian spiritual life, while exploring the mystical significance of philosophical
discourses about immanence, alterity, in-betweenness, nothingness, and embodiment. The discussion of Latino/a and Black sources in North America expands the Western mystical canon and opens new horizons for interdisciplinary dialogue. The volume challenges contemporary culture to recognize and draw inspiration from quotidian manifestations of the unknown God of incarnate love. It includes detailed studies of Grace Jantzen, Amy Hollywood, Catherine Keller, Karl Rahner, Adrienne von Speyr, Hans
Urs von Balthasar, Michel Henry, Michel de Certeau, Luce Irigaray, Julia Kristeva, GlorÃa Anzaldúa, Ada MarÃa Isasi-DÃaz, Alice Walker, M. Shawn Copeland, and more.
Author Biography:
Andrew Prevot is Associate Professor in the Theology Department at Boston College. He earned an MTS and PhD in Systematic Theology from the University of Notre Dame and a BA in Philosophy from The Colorado College. He is the author of Thinking Prayer: Theology and Spirituality amid the Crises of Modernity and Theology and Race: Black and Womanist Traditions in the United States and co-editor of Anti-Blackness and Christian Ethics.
He has published over thirty essays and articles on topics in mystical theology, philosophical theology, and political theology.
