商品簡介
This is a book about mystical experiences of God that some contemporary Christians have had with an initial section that provides background and context and an Epilogue that considers implications of these experiences for various groups.
作者簡介
Joan Hickey has been reading and researching in the field of mystical experiences for over sixty years. She has a master's degree in pastoral counseling and four years of graduate study in theology and pastoral studies at the Washington Theological Union. She has been associated with the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation for thirty-five years and a member of the Associate Staff for twenty-five of those years and was also a member of the Adjunct Faculty for the Virginia Theological Seminary's Continuing Education program for sixteen years. Now in her eighties, she is retired from her work of many years as a pastoral counselor, spiritual director, retreat leader and teacher of contemplative prayer practices. A lifelong Christian, she comes from a broadly ecumenical family which has members who, collectively, belong to six different Christian denominational traditions. She is a widow, has three adult sons, one daughter-in-law and four grandchildren and lives in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.Author's Home: Fairfax, VA
