Ressourcement of the Mystical Tradition

I have been reading Thomas Torrance and the Church Fathers by Jason Robert Radcliff (Pickwick, 2014).  Radcliff looks at Thomas Torrance ressourcement and reconstruction of his Reformed Evangelical theology by his dialogue with the Eastern Orthodox.  Evangelical theology needs to be more historically rooted in the church fathers and therefore be more Patristic, Catholic, and Orthodox.  There has been a "return to the sources" by many Christians in all three strands of Christianity from Catholics, Protestants, and Eastern Orthodox have typically simply followed this way as what it means to be Orthodox.  This is not just a reciting the church fathers or knowing their teachings but a kind of mindset where one takes what they did and apply it to our new situations today.

I believe this "return" or going back to move forward in resourcing the early church fathers and Patristic teachings is certainly a right move in taking the church to a better future.  What I am not sure anybody is doing is resourcing the great mystical tradition, its asceticism and monastic habits?  As someone who is studying this great tradition, it is either largely ignored or rejected by many contemporary Christian teachers of the church and academy today.  Maybe this is difficult because there is more diversity between the different strands of mysticism as well as whole divergent developments between monastic movements from Benedictine, Franciscan, Dominican, Jesuit, Cistercian, and Eastern Orthodox to name some of the major ones.

What one sees in these different strands or movements are similarity as well as complementary differences.  Ressourcement of the mystical tradition would be invaluable to fellow pilgrims and travelers who are on this mystical journey of faith.  I know there is a strong tendency towards mixing eastern mysticism with Christian mysticism as well as a convergence of all religions in an inclusive and syncretistic fashion.  I believe an in depth ressourcement of the Christian mystical tradition would be very fruitful start in helping struggling Christians deal with the secularization and apathy among so many people who make up the ranks of the church today.