Divine Audacity - Unity and Identity in Hugh of Balma, Eckhart, Ruusbroec, and Marguerite Porete

In Divine Audacity, Peter Dillardpresents a historically informed and rigorous analysis of the themes ofmystical union, volition and virtue that occupied several of the foremosttheological minds in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. Inparticular, the work of Marguerite Porete raises complex questions in theseareas, which are further explored by a trio of her near contemporaries. Theirrespective meditations are thoroughly analysed and then skilfully brought intodialogue.

What emerges from Dillard''s synthesis ofthese voices is a contemp