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Kotva, Simone

 
9781350194755: Effort and Grace: On the Spiritual Exercise of Philosophy
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ISBN 10 : 1350194751 ISBN 13 : 9781350194755
Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022

Synopsis

Philosophy and theology have long harboured contradictory views on spiritual practice. While philosophy advocates the therapeutic benefits of daily meditation, the theology of grace promotes an ideal of happiness bestowed with little effort. As such, the historical juxtaposition of effort and grace grounding modern spiritual exercise can be seen as the essential tension between the secular and sacred. In Effort and Grace, Simone Kotva explores an exciting new theory of spiritual endeavour from the tradition of French spiritualist philosophy. Spiritual exercise has largely been studied in relation to ancient philosophy and the Ignatian tradition, yet Kotva’s new engagement with its more recent forms has alerted her to an understanding of contemplative practice as rife with critical potential. Here, she offers an interdisciplinary text tracing the narrative of spiritual exertion through the work of seminal French thinkers such as Maine de Biran, Félix Ravaisson, Henri Bergson, Alain (Émile Chartier), Simone Weil and Gilles Deleuze. Her findings allow both secular philosophers and theologians to understand how the spiritual life can participate in the contemporary philosophical conversation.

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À propos de l'auteur

Simone Kotva is Senior Lecturer in theology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She is the author of Effort and Grace: On the Spiritual Exercise of Philosophy (2020), also with Bloomsbury, and writes at the intersection of Christian theology and Continental philosophy and theory. She has published articles on French spiritualism, contemplation, spiritual exercises, decolonial theology and practices of attention in a more-than-human world.

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Éditeur
Bloomsbury Academic
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1350194751
ISBN 13 
9781350194755
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Nombre de pages
248
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