Light, Life, and Love: Selections from the German Mystics of the Middle Ages

by William Ralph Inge, Meister Eckhart, Johannes Tauler

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
William Ralph Inge was an English author, Anglican priest, professor of divinity at Cambridge, and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, which provided the appellation by which he was widely known, "Dean Inge."

94 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 1995

About the author

Sir William Ralph Inge was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. After taking a double first in Classics, he became a tutor at Hertford College, Oxford, and was made a deacon in the Church of England in 1888. After a time as Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Cambridge, Inge was elected Dean of St. Paul's cathedral in 1911 by Asquith, a position he held until 1934.

During his life, Inge was President of the Aristotelian society, a columnist for the Evening Standard, a fellow of the British Academy, and a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. He received honorary doctorates from Oxford, Aberdeen, Durham, Sheffield, Edinburgh, and St. Andrews. Inge received honorary fellowships from King's and Jesus Colleges, Cambridge, and Hertford College, Oxford.

Reviews

[Phil Calandra · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read the kindle version of this book. The theme of this book is the exploration of the world of "German Mysticism". Included, among other things, are examples of the writings of 14th century Dominicans and mystics including Meister Eckhart, Johannes Tauler and Henry Suso who were the major proponents of this theology. Although the chapters on Meister Eckhart are very informative and interesting, the rest of the book does little to add to the discussion and overall topic of this book. The author fails to discuss the lives and philosophies of the aforementioned mystics in any depth and there are several chapters on the Seven Words from the Cross that don't appear to have any relation to the German Mysticism Movement. All in all this book seems to be a hodgepodge of mysticism mixed in with the religion and perhaps the author's own views and the overall focus of this book seems to have been lost.