LOUTH:ORIGINS OF CHRISTIAN MYSTICAL TRADITION 2E PAPER: From Plato to Denys - Couverture souple

LOUTH, Andrew

 
9780199291403: LOUTH:ORIGINS OF CHRISTIAN MYSTICAL TRADITION 2E PAPER: From Plato to Denys

Synopsis

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 molds and is the reflection of mystical insights and concerns. This new edition of a classic study of the diverse influences upon Christian spirituality includes a new Epilogue which brings the text completely up to date.

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À propos de l?auteur

Andrew Louth is Professor of Patristic and Byzantine Studies, University of Durham.

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9780198266556: Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition: From Plato to Denys

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ISBN 10 :  0198266553 ISBN 13 :  9780198266556
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1981
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