Love Burning in the Soul: The Story of the Christian Mystics, from Saint Paul to Thomas Merton
- ISBN-10
- 1590301129
- ISBN-13
- 9781590301128
- Category
- Mysticism
- Pages
- 257
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications
- Author
- James Harpur
Description
Presents the stories of some of the most influential Christian mystics from the past two thousand years, including Hildegard of Bingen, Catherine of Siena, George Fox, Meister Eckhart, and Julian of Norwich.
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