Editor and translator, with John Ruusbroec: The Spiritual Espousals and Other Works.
The Classics of Western Spirituality. New York: Paulist, 1985. Pp. xvii, 286.
BOOKS SCHOLARLY ARTICLES REVIEWS
Books Dr. James A. Wiseman, O.S.B. has authored/edited include:
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Editor and translator, with John Ruusbroec: The Spiritual Espousals and Other Works. The Classics of Western Spirituality. New York: Paulist, 1985. Pp. xvii, 286.
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Editor, with Louis Dupré. Light from Light: An Anthology of Christian Mysticism. New York: Paulist, 1988. Pp. vii, 440. Revised edition: New York: Paulist, 2001. Pp. vi, 463.
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Editor and contributor, with Donald Mitchell. The Gethsemani Encounter: A Dialogue on the Spiritual Life by Buddhist and Christian Monastics. New York: Continuum Publishing Group, 1997. Pp. xxiii, 306.
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Theology and Modern Science: Quest for Coherence. New York and London: Continuum, 2002. Pp. 175.
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Editor and contributor, with Donald Mitchell. Transforming Suffering: Reflections on Finding Peace in Troubled Times. New York: Doubleday, 2003. Pp. 288.
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Spirituality and Mysticism: A Global View. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, 2006.
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"The Meaning of God for Emerson." The Month 26 (1961):133-40.
“Schillebeeckx and the Ecclesial Function of Critical Negativity.” The Thomist 35 (1971):207- 46.
“Minne in Die gheestelike brulocht.” In Jan van Ruusbroec: The Sources, Content, and Sequels of His Mysticism, edited by Paul Mommaers and Norbert De Paepe, 86-99. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1984.
“Gifts of the Holy Spirit.” In The New Dictionary of Theology, edited by Joseph A. Komonchak et al., 416-17. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1987.
“Matthew Fox's Interpretation of Meister Eckhart.” Listening: Journal of Religion and Culture 24 (1989):25-38.
“Teaching Spiritual Theology: Methodological Reflections.” Spirituality Today 41 (1989):143- 59.
“‘To Be God with God’: The Autotheistic Sayings of the Mystics.” Theological Studies 51 (1990):230-51.
“Bibliography for Christian Spirituality.” Bulletin de Saint-Sulpice 16 (1990):217-22.
“Freedom in Jan van Ruusbroec’s ‘Spiritual Tabernacle.’” Louvain Studies 16 (1991):59-71.
“The Birth of the Son in the Soul in the Mystical Theology of Jan van Ruusbroec.” Studia Mystica 14.2-3 (1991):30-44.
“From Sunday to Weekday: On Praying at All Times.” Chicago Studies 31 (1992):13-22.
“‘Enveloped by Mystery’: The Spiritual Journey of Henri Le Saux/Abhishiktananda.” Église et Théologie 23 (1992):241-60. Reprinted in the Bulletin of the North American Board for East-West Dialogue, no. 45 (October 1992):7-15.
“Christian Monastics and Interreligious Dialogue.” Cistercian Studies Quarterly 27 (1992):257- 71.
“Mysticism.” In The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality, edited by Michael Downey, 681-92. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1992.
“‘I Have Experienced God’: Religious Experience in the Theology of Karl Rahner.” The American Benedictine Review 44 (1993):22-57.
“Traditions of Spiritual Guidance: John Ruusbroec as Spiritual Guide.” The Way 33 (1993):148-55.
“Emptiness: A Christian Perspective.” Dialogue & Alliance: A Journal of Interfaith Understanding 7, no. 2 (Fall/Winter 1993):108-22.
“L’homme spirituel.” Communio: Revue catholique internationale 19, no. 3 (mai-juin 1994):7-8.
“Benedictine Order,” “Bernard of Clairvaux,” “Eckhart, Meister,” and “Monastic Spirituality.” In The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism, edited by Richard P. McBrien et al., 153- 55, 158-59, 448-49, and 881-82. San Francisco: Harper, 1995.
“The Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington.” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 34 (1997):223-38.
“The Kingdom of God in Monastic Interreligious Dialogue.” Studia Missionalia 46 (1997):251- 65.
“The Spirituality of St. Thérèse of Lisieux as Seen in Her Poetry.” Communio: International Catholic Review 24 (1997):529-40.
“Mystical Literature and Modern Unbelief.” In Christian Spirituality and the Culture of Modernity: The Thought of Louis Dupré, edited by Peter J. Casarella and George P. Schner, S.J., 176-88. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998.
“A Christian’s Way to Death.” The Living Light 34, no. 4 (Summer 1998):6-11.
“The Contemplative Life.” In The Gethsemani Encounter: A Dialogue on the Spiritual Life by Buddhist and Christian Monastics. Edited by Donald W. Mitchell and James Wiseman, O.S.B., 54-59. New York: Continuum, 1998.
“The Wisdom of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.” Chicago Studies 38 (1999):72-83.
“Learning to Love and Learning the Price: Thomas Merton and the Challenge of Celibacy.” The Merton Annual 12 (1999):85-102.
“Reflections on Engaging in Interreligious Dialogue” International Bulletin, Commissions pour le dialogue interreligieux monastique/Monastic Interreligious Dialogue, no. E.7 (1999):21-25.
“Church Councils, Recent Catholic” and “Theology: Western Christian: Benedictine.” In The Encyclopedia of Monasticism, ed. William M. Johnston, 1:292-93 and 2:1259-61.” Chicago and London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000.
“Some Classics of Christian Spirituality.” CrossPoint 13, no. 4 (Winter 2000):26-30.
“The Body in Spiritual Practice: Some Historical Points of Reference.” In Reclaiming the Body in Christian Spirituality, edited by Thomas Ryan, 1-20. New York: Paulist, 2004.
“Three Keys to Lenten Joy.” The Word Among Us 24, no. 3 (Lent 2005):67-72.
“Flemish Mysticism.” In The New Dictionary of Christian Spirituality, ed. Philip Sheldrake, S.J., 303-5. London: SCM Press, 2005.
“Merton and Theravada Buddhism.” In Merton and Buddhism, ed. Bonnie Thurston, 31-50. Louisville: Fons Vitae, 2007.
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Spiritual Direction, by Martin Thornton. Religious Studies Review 12 (1986):45.
Grosse Mystiker: Leben und Wirken, edited by Gerhard Ruhbach and Josef Sudbrack. Religious Studies Review 12 (1986):166.
The Future of Our Past: The Spanish Mystics Speak to Contemporary Spirituality, by Segundo Galilea. Religious Studies Review 12 (1986) :267.
Christian Spirituality: Origins to the Twelfth Century, edited by Bernard McGinn and John Meyendorff. Religious Studies Review 12 (1986) :297-98.
Pluralism: Challenge to World Religions, by Harold Coward. Religious Studies Review 13 (1987):45.
Lonergan and Spirituality: Towards a Spiritual Integration, by Tad Dunne. Religious Studies Review 13 (1987):58.
Quellen geistlichen Lebens, vol. 2, Das Mittelalter, edited by Gisbert Greshake and Josef Weismayer. Religious Studies Review 13 (1987):77.
The Spirituality of the Christian East: A Systematic Handbook, by Thomas Spidlik. Religious Studies Review 13 (1987):333.
A Burning and Shining Light: English Spirituality in the Age of Wesley, edited by David Lyle Jeffrey. Religious Studies Review 14 (1988):77.
Addiction and Grace, by Gerald G. May. The Living Light 25 (1989):374-75.
The Benedictines, by Terrence Kardong. Theological Studies 50 (1989):399.
Christian Spirituality: Post-Reformation and Modern, edited by Louis Dupré and Don E. Saliers. Spiritual Life 36 (1990):247-49.
Albert and Thomas: Selected Writings, edited by Simon Tugwell; Meister Eckhart: Teacher and Preacher, edited by Bernard McGinn; Johannes Tauler: Sermons, edited by Maria Shrady; Henry Suso: The Examplar, with Two German Sermons, edited by Frank Tobin; Devotio Moderna: Basic Writings, edited by John van Engen. The Living Light 26 (1990):277-79.
Enchantments: Religion and the Power of the Word, by Thomas M. King, S.J. Theological Studies 51 (1990):567-68.
Spirituality in Interfaith Dialogue, edited by Tosh Arai and Wesley Ariarajah. Religious Studies Review 17 (1991):49.
Manifestations of Grace, by Elizabeth Dreyer. Toronto Journal of Theology 7 (1991):253.
Heightened Consciousness: The Mystical Difference, by David Granfield. Spiritual Life 38 (1992):52-53.
The Christian Mystery: From Pagan Myth to Christian Mysticism, by Louis Bouyer. The Catholic Historical Review 78 (1992):95-96.
Spirituality and Emptiness: The Dynamics of Spiritual Life in Buddhism and Christianity, by Donald Mitchell. Cistercian Studies Quarterly 27 (1992):[111-12].
The Foundations of Mysticism, vol. 1 of The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism, by Bernard McGinn. Spiritual Life 38 (1992):244-46.
The Mystic Fable, vol. 1, The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, by Michel de Certeau. The Catholic Historical Review 79 (1993):535-37.
Thomas Merton: Spiritual Master, edited by Lawrence Cunningham. Dialogue & Alliance 7, no. 2 (Fall/Winter 1993):139-40.
Spirituality and History: Questions of Interpretation and Method, by Philip Sheldrake. The Catholic Historical Review 80 (1994):548-49.
Theology after Vedanta, by Francis X. Clooney, S.J. Bulletin of Intermonastic Dialogue #51 (October 1994):30.
Julian of Norwich's "Showings": From Vision to Book, by Denise Nowakowski Baker. The Catholic Historical Review 81 (1995):439-40.
Christian and Islamic Spirituality: Sharing a Journey, by Maria Jaoudi. Horizons 22 (1995):316-17.
Meister Eckhart and the Beguine Mystics: Hadewijch of Brabant, Mechthild of Magdeburg, and Marguerite Porete, edited by Bernard McGinn; and Marguerite Porete: The Mirror of Simple Souls, translated and introduced by Ellen L. Babinsky. The Catholic Historical Review 82 (1996):552-53.
World Religions, by John T. Catoir. Cistercian Studies Quarterly 31 (1996):528-29.
The Growth of Mysticism, vol. 2 of The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism, by Bernard McGinn. Spiritual Life 42 (1996):118-20.
Mysticism, Buddhist and Christian: Encounters with Jan van Ruusbroec, by Paul Mommaers and Jan Van Bragt. Worship 70 (1996):346-47.
His Holiness: John Paul II and the Hidden History of Our Time, by Carl Bernstein and Marco Politi. Bulletin of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue #57 (Winter 1997):19-20.
Buddhist Spirituality: Indian, Southeast Asian, Tibetan, Early Chinese, edited by Takeuchi Yoshinori et al. Cistercian Studies Quarterly 32 (1997):425.
The Flowering of Mysticism: Men and Women in the New Mysticism (1200-1350), by Bernard McGinn. Spiritual Life 45 (1999):118-20
Monastic Journey to India, by M. Basil Pennington. Bulletin of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue, no. 62 (December, 1999):18-19.
T.F. Torrance: An Intellectual Biography, by Alister E. McGrath. CTNS Bulletin (The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences) 19, no. 4 (Fall 1999):25-26.
Science and Theology: An Introduction, by John Polkinghorne. CTNS Bulletin (The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences) 19, no. 4 (Fall 1999):26-27.
Embracing Travail: Retrieving the Cross Today, by Cynthia S.W. Crysdale. Spiritual Life 47 (2001):54-56.
The Meeting of Religions and the Trinity, by Gavin D’Costa. Bulletin of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue, no. 67 (August, 2001):27-28.
Mystical Theology: The Integrity of Spirituality and Theology, by Mark A. McIntosh. Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology Society 28 (2001):139-40.
The Story of Christian Spirituality: Two Thousand Years from East to West, edited by Gordon Mursell. The Catholic Historical Review 88 (2002):555-56. Bede Griffiths: A Life in Dialogue, by Judson B. Trapnell. The American Benedictine Review 54 (2003):208-10. Early and Medieval Christian Spirituality, by Robert Imperato. Forthcoming in The American Benedictine Review. Jan van Ruusbroec, Mystical Theologian of the Trinity, by Rik Van Nieuwenhove. Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality 4 (2004):229-32. Mystical Consciousness: Western Perspectives and Dialogue with Japanese Thinkers, by Louis Roy, O.P. The Thomist 68 (2004):486-90. We Walk the Path Together: Learning from Thich Nhat Hanh and Meister Eckhart, by Brian Pierce, O.P. Bulletin of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue 77 (July 2006), online: www.monasticdialog.com When Science and Christianity Meet, edited by David C. Lindberg and Ronald L. Numbers. Catholic Historical Review 93 (2007):363-65.
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