Mit Meister Eckhart erreicht die abendländische Mystik ihren Höhepunkt. Der hochspekulative Dominikanertheologe war zugleich volkstümlicher Prediger und Seelsorger. In diesen Band sind zwei seiner populärsten Texte aufgenommen, in denen es vor allem um den Umgang des Menschen mit dem Leid geht. Leonardo Boff zeigt in seiner Einleitung, wie aktuell Meister Eckhart ist und wie er uns einweisen kann in eine Gotteserfahrung, die heute noch trägt.
Meister is German for "Master", referring to the academic title Magister in theologia he obtained in Paris. Coming into prominence during the decadent Avignon Papacy and a time of increased tensions between the Franciscans and Eckhart's Dominican Order of Preacher Friars, he was brought up on charges later in life before the local Franciscan-led Inquisition. Tried as a heretic by Pope John XXII, his "Defence" is famous for his reasoned arguments to all challenged articles of his writing and his refutation of heretical intent. He purportedly died before his verdict was received, although no record of his death or burial site has ever been discovered.
Meister Eckhart is sometimes (erroneously) referred to as "Johannes Eckhart", although Eckhart was his given name and von Hochheim was his surname.
"Perhaps no mystic in the history of Christianity has been more influential and more controversial than the Dominican Meister Eckart. Few, if any, mystics have been as challenging to modern day readers and as resistant to agreed-upon interpretation."
—Bernard McGinn, The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart... Show more