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The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition: From Plato to Denys
Andrew Louth
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Paperback. 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. This book also explores the diverse, and often conflicting influences that are to be found in Christian spirituality. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HRCS1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
Scholars of the patristic era have paid more attention to the dogmatic tradition in their period than to the development of Christian mystical theology. Andrew Louth aims to redress the balance. Recognizing that the intellectual form of this tradition was decisively influenced by Platonic ideas of the soul's relationship to God, Louth begins with an examination of Plato and Platonism. The discussion of the Fathers which follows shows how the mystical tradition is at the heart of their thought and how the dogmatic tradition both moulds and is the reflection of mystical insights and concerns. This new edition of a ... Read more
Scholars of the patristic era have paid more attention to the dogmatic tradition in their period than to the development of Christian mystical theology. Andrew Louth aims to redress the balance. Recognizing that the intellectual form of this tradition was decisively influenced by Platonic ideas of the soul's relationship to God, Louth begins with an examination of Plato and Platonism. The discussion of the Fathers which follows shows how the mystical tradition is at the heart of their thought and how the dogmatic tradition both moulds and is the reflection of mystical insights and concerns. This new edition of a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199291403
SKU
V9780199291403
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About Andrew Louth
Andrew Louth is Professor of Patristic and Byzantine Studies, University of Durham.
Reviews for The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition: From Plato to Denys
The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition [is] a standard resource for students of this topic
M. J Edwards, The Classical Review
a book on spirituality which is trenchant and without any touch of sentimentality.
Henry Chadwick, TLS
It is not often that we chance to meet with a book so rich that it would be ... Read more
M. J Edwards, The Classical Review
a book on spirituality which is trenchant and without any touch of sentimentality.
Henry Chadwick, TLS
It is not often that we chance to meet with a book so rich that it would be ... Read more