'This book helped me a great deal. It offers a nifty biographical sketch, it touches on many neglected themes and it looks closely at the processes that led up to [Eckhart's] condemnation... It is always enjoyable to read about him and if you require a brief, frothy and reliable introduction to this most puzzling of Christians you should pick up Wood's book.'

The Catholic Herald

... thought-provoking.

Fairacres Chronicle Vol. 44 No.1

... for those prepared to grapple with the complex thinking of Eckhart, Meister Eckhart opens avenues for exploration, both in theory and for practice.

The Church Times

I thoroughly recommend you to read this.

Quarterly Review of the Community of the Resurrection

In sum, the reader will find here an excellent survey of Eckhart scholarship and a real sensitivity in the discussion to the ways in which Eckhart can contribute new understandings to the challenged which face us today.

The Tablet

The volume constitutes a rich topical study, which will serve as a valuable tool for scholars as well as for advanced undergraduate and graduate students ... This volume offers a substantive discussion of many of the most central topics in Meister Eckhart's mysticism.

Charlotte Radler, Loyola Marymount University, USA, Journal of the American Academy of Religion