81: All Things Mysticism with Volker Leppin

About this episode

In this episode, host Brandon Nappi talks with Volker Leppin about the significance of mysticism in Christianity and its historical context.

Welcome back to the new season of The Leader’s Way, a podcast for people who aren’t ready to give up on the world. In this episode, host Brandon Nappi talks with Volker Leppin about all things mysticism, for Meister Eckhart to Francis of Assisi to Martin Luther to so much more. Dr. Leppin is a German Protestant theologian and the Horace Tracy Pitkin Professor of Historical Theology at Yale Divinity School. A historian of medieval and Reformation studies, his research focuses on scholasticism and mysticism in the late Middle Ages. He is a prolific author of 19 monographs and 11 critical editions of text, the editor or co-editor of 49 books, and the author of more than 300 scholarly articles or chapters. He is well-known for arguing that the Reformation should be understood not as a rupture, but as a transformation, one encompassing both continuity and change. His most recent book, Ruhen in Gott, Eine Geschichte der Christlichen Mystik (C. H. Beck München, 2021), emphasizes the importance of mysticism within Christianity while exploring also its interreligious potentials. Host: Brandon Nappi Guest: Volker Leppin Instagram: @theleadersway.podcast berkeleydivinity.yale.edu/podcast…

People in this episode

Host: Brandon Nappi

Guest: Volker Leppin

Topics covered

• mysticism
• Christianity
• Reformation
• historical theology
• medieval studies

Keywords

• mysticism
• Christianity
• Reformation
• historical theology
• medieval studies
• Volker Leppin
• Brandon Nappi

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Berkeley Divinity School

Books & works: Ruhen in Gott, Eine Geschichte der Christlichen Mystik

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