Mysticism & Social TransformationExplores the relationship between the mystical and the political dimensions of religious existence, beginning with the thirteenth century Franciscon movement and ending with a feminist opproach to the norralives of African Americons who serve in the ministry. From the thirteenth century Franciscan movement of African American mystics, this wide ranging volume of essays considers exemplars of Christian mysticism (including Teresa of Avila, lgnatius of