Old Forgotten Flowers: George Macdonald as Mystic

This article offers a reading of George MacDonald as a ‘mystic’. According to MacDonald himself, a ‘mystic’ is one who ‘sees one thing everywhere and all things the same’. I seek to show how MacDonald’s understanding of the mutual interplay of unity and difference not only establishes MacDonald’s my...

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Main Author: Klotz, Jerome (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2023
In: Literature and theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 39-55
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CD Christianity and Culture
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBF British Isles
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Summary:This article offers a reading of George MacDonald as a ‘mystic’. According to MacDonald himself, a ‘mystic’ is one who ‘sees one thing everywhere and all things the same’. I seek to show how MacDonald’s understanding of the mutual interplay of unity and difference not only establishes MacDonald’s mystical credentials, but provides weighty material for the creative development of metaphysical and theological concepts today.
ISSN:1477-4623
Contains:Enthalten in: Literature and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frad003