Bernard mcginn interview questions
Cabinet: Why did the Antichrist legend develop?
So my question is: How important are these extraordinary phenomena among the mystics you've studied for understanding what mysticism is?!
Two Loves: An Interview with Scholar and World-Renowned Expert on Mysticism, Bernard McGinn
Bernard McGinn spends most of his time with books.
He rises at 7am, “not terribly early,” he says, works through the morning, and ends his scholarly research with a run to the library around 5pm. Before bed, he prefers reading books unrelated to his scholarship on mysticism.
He enjoys reading novels or books on history.
Finding answers to his questions consumed him and he almost jettisoned his faith.He has just finished reading a novel by the Irish writer Sebastian Barry and a historical account of railroad construction in the Florida Keys.
As the world’s leading expert on mysticism—and those extraordinary souls on the fringes of society who have shared through their writings what it means to surrender oneself to the Divine—it should come as no surprise that his most cherished possession is his library.
He is proud to own 70 antique books published before 1800, all of them related to his scholarship in some way. The oldest book in his collection is the 3rd printing of
