Heterosexual Melancholia and Mysticism in the Early Society of Jesus

In the last decades of the sixteenth century the Society of Jesus prohibited its members the reading of several mystical texts. A theme that cuts across these texts is the use of erotic language to describe the relationship between the soul and God. I argue that what lies behind the prohibition is t...

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Main Author: Marín, Juan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2007
In: Theology & sexuality
Year: 2007, Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 121-135
Further subjects:B Spirituality
B heterosexual melancholia
B Jesuits
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