RT Book
T1 The Weight of Love: Affect, Ecstasy, and Union in the Theology of Bonaventure
A1 Davis, Robert
LA English
PP New York
PB Fordham University Press
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1670098826
AB Supplementing theological interpretation with historical, literary, and philosophical perspectives, 'The Weight of Love' analyzes the nature and role of affectivity in medieval Christian devotion through an original interpretation of the writings of the Franciscan theologian Bonaventure. It intervenes in two crucial developments in medieval Christian thought and practice: the renewal of interest in the corpus of Dionysius the Areopagite in thirteenth-century Paris and the proliferation of new forms of affective meditation focused on the passion of Christ in the later Middle Ages. Through the exemplary life and death of Francis of Assisi, Robert Glenn Davis examines how Bonaventure traces a mystical itinerary culminating in the meditant's full participation in Christ's crucifixion. For Bonaventure, Davis asserts, this death represents the becoming-body of the soul, the consummation and transformation of desire into the crucified body of Christ.
NO Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
CN 241/.4
SN 9780823272167
K1 Bonaventure : Saint, Cardinal : approximately 1217-1274
K1 Love : Religious aspects : Christianity : History of doctrines : Middle Ages, 600-1500
K1 Love ; Religious aspects ; Christianity ; History of doctrines ; Middle Ages, 600-1500
K1 RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics ; bisach
K1 Bonaventure ; Saint, Cardinal ; approximately 1217-1274
K1 RELIGION ; Christian Theology ; Ethics
K1 Amour ; Aspect religieux ; Christianisme ; Histoire des doctrines ; 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
K1 RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics