The sun shone on the annual Mystical Theology Network conference from
11th to the 13th July 2014 as it saw its largest manifestation
at Hope Park, Liverpool Hope University.
With nearly 60 participants and 35 papers which covered a wide range of
mystical texts and persons, along with their relation to continental
philosophy. Sessions were lively and
stimulated great debate, thanks to exceptionally insightful and well-conceived
papers, and small enough session audiences to warrant fruitful discussion. From our project Dr. Chris Wojtulewicz gave a
paper which examined, with the help of Heidegger, some elements in Eckhart’s
thought that related both figures to the Modistae and specifically Thomas of
Erfurt, whose text on speculative grammar was the subject of Heidegger’s
Habilitation, and who was a potential (Franciscan) confrere of Eckhart in
Erfurt, and possibly also Paris…
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