The most recent mystical theology scholarship - a discipline that has found new energy and influence. This is examined through the lens of Wittgenstein's philosophy.

Dr Peter Tyler is Director of the Pastoral Theology programme at St Mary's University College, Twickenham, London. His previous writings include John of the Cross: Outstanding Christian Thinker (Continuum 2010), Sources of Transformation - Revitilizing Christian Spirituality (Continuum 2010, edited with Dr Edward Howells) and The Way of Ecstasy - Praying with St Teresa of Avila (Canterbury-SCM 1997).

Introduction \ 1. What this book is not about \ 2. A Form of Writing \ 3. Origins of the Theologia Mystica \ 4. Theology- Speculative and Mystical \ 5. The Spanish School Teresa of Avila \ 6. The Spanish School John of the Cross \ 7. The Reconstruction of the Medieval \ 8. The Return to the Mystical