MESTRE ECKHART:

TOWARDS A SPIRITUALITY OF LIBERATING ACTION

Abstract

This article is the result of research carried out in the Postgraduate Program in Education at the UFPE. This work is composed of two parts: in the first, we analyze how, in the Medieval context, some elements of Master Eckhart's Philosophy behave and, in the second, we turn our attention to the relationship between spirituality and liberating action, in contemporary times. To do so, we start from the problem: what are the contributions of Eckhart's mystical-spiritual philosophy to human formation? In this sense, we will first discuss the engaged dimension of a spirituality that does not alienate. Next, we highlight the need to confront fundamentalism. Finally, we indicate certain notes for human formation. From a methodological point of view, this is bibliographical research with a hermeneutic emphasis. Regarding the findings, we highlight the challenges of maintaining tolerance towards other people's (dis)belief and the wisdom of not transforming what is different into divergent, in the face of a secularized and plural reality. In this way, we intend to think about how the meaning of the spiritual dimension presents itself as an ethical principle and not as the need to renounce the world or solitary and sectarian introspection.