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Two extremes exist in much of the Christian church: 1) those who embrace the Word, intellection and reason often shun, distrust, and are threatened by deep spirituality and unpredictable interaction with the Holy Spirit; and 2) the deeply spiritual often shun, distrust, and are threatened by lofty thinking and intellectual engagement with the Word. -Which side, if either, is right? -Should the reason of the Word trump the dynamism of the Spirit? -Is there a legitimate interplay between reason and mysticism? -Is Christian mysticism even a viable notion? -What, if anything, does Scripture say of the mystical realm and the mystical task? The Role of Reason in the Cloud of Unknowing explores the complex relation between deep spirituality and intellection, mysticism and reason, Spirit and Word. Using the fourteenth century Christian spiritual classic, The Cloud of Unknowing, as a launching pad and test bed, DCTopp unwinds his arguments and draws his compelling conclusions by subjecting both Christian mysticism and rationality to the scrutinizing mechanisms of biblical exegesis, existential evaluation, comparative religions, historical inputs, and philosophical and theological analyses.

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The son of an oilfield laboring father and motel cleaning mother, DCTopp was the first in his family - immediate or extended - to graduate from college. He was later adopted by the Father, having been wooed by the Spirit and won by the Son. Though intimate with the trials and travails of being human, since infused with new and abundant life from the Creator, DCTopp has sought to honor Him, grow closer to Him and His ways, and introduce others to the Wonder Maker who made us all. He holds that whether you know or admit it, all of life is infused with and fundamentally influenced by things spiritual. Hence, DCTopp pursues his ends by speaking to things of the spirit, spirit & science, and spirit & society.

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