id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt d217qn62w4m Justin Saxby The Sublime Unselfing of Ralph Waldo Emerson's Sermons 2020 .txt text/plain 113 4 23 This dissertation suggests that Ralph Waldo Emerson's sermons may be fruitfully read as Christian mystical texts in light of Bernard McGinn's discussion of Western Christian mysticism. More specifically: Emerson's sermons, read systematically with McGinn's historical survey in mind, describe the preparation, pursuit, experience and expression of a mystical encounter with the Divine. cache/d217qn62w4m.txt txt/d217qn62w4m.txt