<p>Exploring the meeting of mystical and philosophical theology <b>Partakers of the Divine </b>shows that Christian philosophical and contemplative practices arose together and that throughout much of Christian history philosophy theology and contemplation remained internal to one another. </p> Sherman demonstrates that the relation of philosophy theology and contemplation to one another provides theologians and philosophers of religion today with a way forward beyond many of the stalemates that have beset discussions about faith and reason the role of religion in contemporary culture and the challenges of modernity and postmodernity.</p>