{"product_id":"the-sun-at-midnight-bernardo-olivera-9780879070298","title":"The Sun at Midnight: Monastic Experience of the Christian Mystery Volume 29","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sun at Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e offers a splendid, easily accessible summary of mystical theology in the Cistercian school. Bernardo Olivera, a master of both the theology and the practice of the spiritual life, analyzes this tradition first in its rich human, biblical, and doctrinal connotations, and then according to its most typical expressions as they are lived among Cistercian mystics, with reference also to other Christian men and women. Olivera explores the rich testimony of the monks of the twelfth century as well as the lesser-known nuns and holy women of the thirteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the book, we discover Olivera's fundamental thesis: \u003ci\u003ePersonal mystical experience is not only the key to an adequate renewal of monastic life today but also-and above all-the foundation, the originating point, of any and all religion or religious tradition.\u003c\/i\u003e Mystical experience is, in particular, the origin of Christianity and its rich spiritual tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernardo Olivera\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0879070293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780879070298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Bernardo Olivera","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45476874027263,"sku":"9780879070298","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bed29d66-d327-4c09-8d82-a329dd8c0942.jpg?v=1715918410","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sun-at-midnight-bernardo-olivera-9780879070298","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}