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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Main Author: Coakley, Sarah 1951- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Marquette University Press [2022]
In: 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
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
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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"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
ISBN:1626005141