Bernard McGinn

  • 11

    Catalog books

  • 11

    Works

  • 1987 to 2024

    Strongest span

Who This Author Is

Bernard McGinn has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 11 catalog-linked books across 1987 to 2024, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Backlist browsing.

Best for readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list. If you want the easiest first click, start with The Doctors of the Church: Thirty-Three Men and Women Who Shaped Christianity and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1987 to 2024; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Crossroad Publishing Company, The and Crossroad Pub Co.

Best Place To Start

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Backlist browsing entry points • common used copies from Crossroad Publishing Company, The and Crossroad Pub Co

Genres and themes: Backlist browsing

Who this author is best for: readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1987 to 2024; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Crossroad Publishing Company, The and Crossroad Pub Co.

Top Books To Start With

  1. The Doctors of the Church: Thirty-Three Men and Women Who Shaped Christianity

    Crossroad Pub Co • 1999 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1999 • 192 pages.

  2. Antichrist: Two Thousand Years of the Human Fascination With Evil

    Harpercollins • 1996 • longer commitment

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

  3. Eriugena: East and West

    Univ of Notre Dame Pr • 1994 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1994 • 312 pages.

  4. Modern Mystics

    Crossroad Publishing Company, The • 2024 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2024.

  5. Great Cistercian Mystics

    Crossroad Publishing Company, The • 2018 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2018.

  6. Mysticism and Reformation

    Crossroad Publishing Company, The • 2017 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2017.

  7. The Foundations of Mysticism

    Crossroad Pub Co • 1994 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1994 • 494 pages.

  8. christian spirituality - origins to the twelfth century

    Herder & Herder • 1987 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1987 • 502 pages.

  9. The Harvest of Mysticism in Medieval Germany (The Presence of God: a History of Western Christian Mysticism)

    Herder & Herder • 2008 • oversized commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2008 • 768 pages.

  10. Growth Of Mysticism From Gregory the Great Through the 12 Century

    Natl Book Network • 1994 • oversized commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1994 • 630 pages.

How The Picks Compare

  • The Doctors of the Church: Thirty-Three Men and Women Who Shaped Christianity is the easier short commitment, while Antichrist: Two Thousand Years of the Human Fascination With Evil asks for more reading time up front.
  • Antichrist: Two Thousand Years of the Human Fascination With Evil gives you an earlier look at this author’s shelf, while The Doctors of the Church: Thirty-Three Men and Women Who Shaped Christianity leans later in the catalog.
  • Eriugena: East and West is also useful if you want a different publishing lane from The Doctors of the Church: Thirty-Three Men and Women Who Shaped Christianity.

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