Sensing God?: reconsidering the patristic doctrine of "spiritual sensation" for contemporary theology and ethics
"This study provides a new critical assessment of Jean Daniélou's classic rendition of the theme of "spiritual sensation" in the work of Gregory of Nyssa, arguing that it has surprising wider relevance for such pressing contemporary cultural problems as racism, sexism and addicti...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Marquette University Press
[2022]
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The Pere Marquette theology lecture (2022 = 52)
Year: 2022 |
| Series/Journal: | The Pere Marquette theology lecture
2022 = 52 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Patristics
/ Christ
/ Mystical experience
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Christian literature, Early
Greek authors
History and criticism
B Spirituality Christianity B Senses and sensation Religious aspects Christianity B Daniélou, Jean Platonisme et théologie mystique B Fathers of the church B Gregory of Nyssa, Saint (approximately 335-approximately 394) B Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) B Mysticism History Early church, ca. 30-600 |
| Summary: | "This study provides a new critical assessment of Jean Daniélou's classic rendition of the theme of "spiritual sensation" in the work of Gregory of Nyssa, arguing that it has surprising wider relevance for such pressing contemporary cultural problems as racism, sexism and addiction to pornography"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 1626005141 |