Reviews for Light from Light: An Anthology of Christian Mysticism

The average rating for Light from Light: An Anthology of Christian Mysticism based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-12-29 00:00:00 Scotty McDonald I read this book for my Foundations of Christian Spirituality class and it was great! I found it quite wordy and heavy which makes sense due to the subject matter, but I don't know if I would have gotten as much out of it without our weekly class discussions that made things so much more clear! It discusses one saint/mystic in each chapter and gives a bit of background and context, then provides excerpts of their writing to read too. All in all, very helpful. I can see myself referring back to this text in the future.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-03-23 00:00:00 A.rahman Shaheen Alkuwari This book only exists because there is a market for people who teach classes on Christian mysticism. Reading 10 pages from 21 different authors can give you some insight, but only from a historical point of view, in my opinion. Any class would be better off taking one or two works and focusing on them in depth, rather than this skim across the top. I don't blame the editors, of course; they're just filling a need. And the authors themselves are brilliant, of course.