The Practice of the Presence of God: Theology as a Way of Life
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. Oracles, prophets, and dwellers in silence: Hints of the 'pati divina' in the theology that is being ... -- Notes -- Part 1 Foundational sounding...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Florence
Taylor and Francis
2016
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| Dans: | Année: 2016 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Girard, René 1923-2015
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Theology
B Theology, Practical B Vie spirituelle - Christianisme B Prayer - Christianity B Spiritual life - Christianity B Prière - Christianisme B Théologie B Théologie pratique |
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Volltext (Aggregator) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. Oracles, prophets, and dwellers in silence: Hints of the 'pati divina' in the theology that is being ... -- Notes -- Part 1 Foundational soundings -- 1 Theology as a way of life -- 1. -- 2. -- Notes -- 2 Undergoing something from nothing: The doctrine of creation as contemplative insight -- 1. Systematic theology and the way of unknowing -- 2. On not being 'two': Discovering creatio ex nihilo -- 3. Undergoing something from nothing -- 4. Love without a why -- Notes -- 3 The Trinity as our ascetic programme -- Notes -- Part 2 Personal accounts of a theological life -- 4 Ecumenical confessions of an unconventional Protestant -- Theology as a way of life -- The practice of the presence of God -- Ecumenical confessions of an unconventional Protestant -- Scripture -- Common lectionary -- Fellowship and communion -- Hymn-singing -- Notes -- 5 Augustine on practicing the presence of God -- I. -- II. -- III. -- IV. -- V. -- VI. On practising the presence of God -- Notes -- Part 3 Theological and liturgical retrievals -- 6 The liturgy, icons and the prayer of the heart -- Notes -- 7 To feel so as to understand: Hadewijch of Brabant and the legacy of St. Anselm -- Introduction -- 'My soul, be watchful -- my wretchedness, rouse yourself': Anselm and the problem of affective rectitude -- 'Why do I not experience what I have found?': Anselm's Proslogion -- 'I am scarcely aware of my sins': Compunction, contrast and the imagination in The Prayers and Meditations. -- Hadewijch of Brabant and the Anselmian legacy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 8 Etching the ineffable in words: The return of contemplation to theology -- Introduction -- St. Gregory the Theologian and the ocean's calm 'Let stillness be the criterion for testing the value of everything' -- The eye of the heart -- Notes -- 9 The guidance of St. Ephrem: A vision to live by -- 10 The threat of death as a test for theological authenticity -- Notes -- Index |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 Online-Ressource (151 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1317076575 |
