Lectio divina, meditatio, oratio, imitatio as Basic Categories of Medieval Spirituality
Mysticism is one of the most vague concepts in religious studies. In what follows I propose to boil down mysticism to spirituality and provide an analysis of lectio divina (a spiritual practice which originated in the Middle Ages and still exists). I will also show how we can understand spirituality...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2015]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 125-136 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Middle Ages
/ Mysticism
/ Spirituality
/ Spiritual reading
/ Meditation
/ Prayer
/ Contemplation (motif)
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages |
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| Summary: | Mysticism is one of the most vague concepts in religious studies. In what follows I propose to boil down mysticism to spirituality and provide an analysis of lectio divina (a spiritual practice which originated in the Middle Ages and still exists). I will also show how we can understand spirituality and how people can produce spiritual knowledge. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v7i2.123 |