The mystical relationship between Meister Eckhart and Jan van Ruusbroec

In this thorough textual, historical, and doctrinal study the author seeks to clarify the relationship between two prominent mystics of the fourteenth century: Meister Eckhart, the German Dominican, and Jan van Ruusbroec, the Brabantine Augustinian. Special attention is paid to Ruusbroec’s criticism of mystical tenets circulating in Brabant at that time which were both textually and doctrinally related to Eckhart’s condemned propositions in the papal bull In agro dominico. This fact implies that Ruusbroec was confronted with the impact of the condemnation of Eckhart’s doctrines on the people in Brabant. Situating Ruusbroec’s life and works within the aftermath of Eckhart’s arrival, the author elucidates Ruusbroec’s position regarding the relevant mystical themes in the later Middle Ages, and follows a process of critical inheritance of mystical tradition from Eckhart to Ruusbroec.

Table des matières :

Part One – Eckhart and Ruusbroec within the historical context
Chapter One: Toward the Condemnation of Eckhart’s Doctrines
Chapter Two: The Impact of the Condemnation of Eckhart’s Doctrines in the Fourteenth Century Brabant
Chapter Three: Ruusbroec’s Criticism of Mystical Heresies

Part two – Mystical themes in Eckhart’s theology
Chapter Four: Eckhart’s Understanding of the Praxis of Ecclesiastical Life 105
Chapter Five: Eckhart’s Understanding of God and Creation
Chapter Six: Eckhart’s Understanding of the Mystical Union

Part three – The critical inheritance of mystical themes in Ruusbroec’s theology
Chapter Seven: Ruusbroec’s Understanding of the Praxis of Ecclesiastical Life
Chapter Eight: Ruusbroec’s Understanding of God and Creation
Chapter Nine: Ruusbroec’s Understanding of the Mystical Union

Conclusion

Informations pratiques :
Satoshi Kikuchi, From Eckhart to Ruusbroec. A Critical Inheritance of Mystical Themes in the Fourteenth Century, Louvain, 2014 (Mediaevalia Lovaniensia – Series 1/Studia,
44). 312 pages, 160 x 240 mm. ISBN : 9789058679857. Prix : € 49,50.

Source de l’information : Leuven University Press