The End of Matter: Some Ecojustice Principles in the Neo-Patristic Vision
At the end of the nineteenth century there was fascination abroad among Russian intellectuals for all things Western, including Western European religious thought. A recent commentator, David Bethea, gives this reason for the fascination. In reference to the ascendant ultramontane Roman Catholicism...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1999
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| In: |
Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 1999, Volume: 7 |
| Further subjects: | B
David Bethea
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| Summary: | At the end of the nineteenth century there was fascination abroad among Russian intellectuals for all things Western, including Western European religious thought. A recent commentator, David Bethea, gives this reason for the fascination. In reference to the ascendant ultramontane Roman Catholicism of the day, he writes: ‘The ascetic, flesh-despising aspects of Catholicism were bound to appeal—by their very novelty—to an Orthodox tradition that viewed matter as spirit-bearing.’ |
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| ISSN: | 1749-4915 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/ecotheology.v4i1.1786 |
