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Notable work
  
The Presence of God

Role
  
Theologian

Name
  
Bernard McGinn


Language
  
English

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Occupation
  
Professor (Emeritus), University of Chicago, Divinity School

Education
  
Brandeis University, Pontifical Gregorian University

Books
  
The presence of God, The flowering of mysticism, The harvest of mysticism, Thomas Aquinas's "Summa, The Mystical Thought

Similar People
  
Meister Eckhart, John Meyendorff, John J Collins, David B Burrell

Tradition or movement
  
Roman Catholic

Residence
  
United States of America

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Bernard McGinn (b. 1937) is an American Roman Catholic theologian, religious historian, and scholar of spirituality. He is Naomi Shenstone Donnelley Professor Emeritus of Historical Theology and of the History of Christianity in the Divinity School and the Committees on Medieval Studies and on General Studies at the University of Chicago. He received educational degrees from the Pontifical Gregorian University (STL, 1963) and from Brandeis University (PhD, 1970). Although he assumed emeritus status in 2003, he has continued publishing scholarly work since that time.

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Publications (selected)

The following volumes of McGinn's history of Christian mysticism, The Presence of God. series have been so far been published (of a projected 7):

  • McGinn, Bernard (1991). The Foundations of Mysticism. New York: Crossroad. ISBN 0-8245-1121-2. OCLC 25839970.  (494 pages)
  • McGinn, Bernard (1994). The Growth of Mysticism. New York: Crossroad. ISBN 0-8245-1450-5. OCLC 247412043.  (630 pages)
  • McGinn, Bernard (1998). The Flowering of Mysticism: Men and Women in the New Mysticism (1200-1350). New York: Crossroad. ISBN 0-8245-1742-3. OCLC 38199636.  ISBN 0-8245-1743-1 (paperback) (526 pages)
  • McGinn, Bernard (2005). The Harvest of Mysticism in Medieval Germany (1300-1500). New York: Crossroad. ISBN 0-8245-2345-8. OCLC 162272507.  (738 pages)
  • McGinn, Bernard (2013). The Varieties of Vernacular Mysticism (1350-1550). New York: Crossroad. ISBN 0-8245-9901-2. OCLC 785874270.  (864 pages)
  • McGinn, Bernard (2017). Mysticism in the Reformation (1500-1650). New York: Crossroad. ISBN 9780824522308. OCLC 960089660.  (350 pages; Part 1 of Volume 6 of Presence of God series)
  • McGinn, Bernard (2017). Mysticism in the Golden Age of Spain (1500-1650). New York: Crossroad. ISBN 9780824500900.  (500 pages; Part 2 of Volume 6 of Presence of God series)
  • Other books by McGinn include:

  • McGinn, Bernard (2014). Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologiae: A Biography. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691154260. OCLC 861542567.  (260 pages)
  • References

    Bernard McGinn (theologian) Wikipedia