In this book, Christian mystical theology is shown to be a living tradition, which has vibrant and creative new expressions in contemporary spiritual practice. It is argued that mystical theology affirms something both ordinary and extraordinary which is fundamental to the Christian experience of prayer.

Introduction: mystical theology: renewing the contemplative tradition - Peter Tyler, Julienne McLean and Christopher C.H. Cook 1. Baron Friedrich von Hügel on the mystical element of religion: has the Baron a message for us today? - Metropolitan Kallistos Ware of Diokleia 2. What did Vladimir Lossky mean by 'mystical theology'? - Andrew Louth 3. The mystical theology of Margery Kempe: writing the inner life - Corinne Saunders 4. Unlikely mystics: Durham Cathedral as mystical space for ordinary people - Rosalind Brown 5. The renewal of contemplative traditions: new monasticism and quotidian practices - Bernadette Flanagan 6. Wittgenstein reads Merton: the mystical theology of two twentieth-century masters - Peter Tyler 7. Mystical theology and the renewal of contemplative spiritual practice - Julienne McLean and Christopher C.H. Cook Concluding Reflections: mystical theology: renewing the contemplative tradition - Christopher C.H. Cook, Julienne McLean and Peter Tyler