Modern Mystics: Edith Stein course
The first webinar in the series is led by Professor Peter Tyler on the German philosopher and theologian, Edith Stein, who was murdered in the Holocaust. Born in a German Jewish family, Stein converted to Catholicism and took particular influence from reading the Christian mystics, especially the life of Teresa of Avila.
With Peter Tyler, Professor of Pastoral Theology and Spirituality at St Mary’s University, Twickenham. He has written widely in the areas of mysticism, particularly on the Spanish mystics and, more recently his 2022 book, The Living Philosophy of Edith Stein, published with Bloomsbury.
About the series
We often think that mysticism is a thing of the past, that the great mystics like Francis of Assisi, Julian of Norwich or Teresa of Avila are resigned to times long gone, and that mysticism died in the Reformations, the Enlightenment, or the Quietist Controversy.
However, there are important mystical elements of all major world religions today including Christianity, and many 20th-, and 21st-century figures exemplify mysticism.
In our fourth series of webinars on Modern Mystics, we are excited to look at three major figures of the 20th century (stretching slightly into the two adjacent centuries). Each webinar will be led by an expert on the mystic in question, and will consist of a 50-minute introductory lecture on that figure and their mystical writings. After a quick break we will have 30 minutes for Q&A with our expert. Each webinar runs from 7:30-9 PM (UK time) on Zoom on a Monday evening.
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