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Divine and Human Others: Mystical Theology and Human Flourishing

Divine and Human Others: Mystical Theology and Human Flourishing

A public colloquium on the mystical in Christianity and its significance for today will be held on Tuesday, October 27, in honor of the contributions of Adriaan Peperzak, Schmitt Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago. Bernard McGinn of the University of Chicago Divinity School will give the keynote address titled "One Word of God Will Contain a Thousand Mysteries": Teresa of Avila as the First Woman Commentator on the Song of Songs." Prof. McGinn's keynote address will be followed by a roundtable discussion with essayists from The Oxford Handbook of Mystical Theology. Prof. Adriaan Peperzak will end the program with a concluding reflection. 

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