Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition - From Plato to Denys

Zusatztext splendid survey of patristic spirituality ... Here we find not merely the often-repeated statement that theology and spirituality are inseparable in the Fathers! but a careful demonstration of this. Informationen zum Autor Andrew Louth is Professor of Patristic and Byzantine Studies, University of Durham. Zusammenfassung Andrew Louth traces the Christian mystical tradition from Plato and Platonism, through figures such as Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, Denys the Areopagite, and Augustine, to St John of the Cross. In doing so he explores the diverse, and often conflicting influences that are to be found in Christian spirituality. An additional chapter brings this classic study completely up to date. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Plato 2: Philo 3: Plotinus 4: Origen 5: Nicene Orthodoxy 6: The Monastic Contributions 7: Augustine 8: Denys the Areopagite 9: Patristic Mysticism and St John of the Cross 10: The Mystical Life and the Mystical Body 11: Epilogue

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• Authors: Andrew Louth, Andrew ( Louth
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.01.2007
• EAN: 9780199291403
• ISBN: 978-0-19-929140-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity