Knowing God by experience : the spiritual senses in the theology of William of Auxerre / Boyd Taylor Coolman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coolman, Boyd Taylor, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guillermus, Altissiodorensis, -1231. Summa aurea.

Guillermus.

God (Christianity)--Knowableness--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

God (Christianity).

Experience (Religion)--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Experience (Religion).

Senses and sensation--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Senses and sensation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book, the first English-language monograph on William of Auxerre, traces the motif of the spiritual senses through his Summa Aurea, using it as an illuminating and unifying lens through which to appreciate his theology.

Contents:

A synaesthetic beatific vision

The manifold effects of the metaphysical good

The Trinity as manifold delectable

Creation : the manifestation of the delectabilia divina

The virtue of faith : knowledge of God in a visual mode

The virtue of charity : love of God in a tactile mode

Symbolic theology : exterior perception of God's effects

Mystical theology : interior perception of God's effects

Taste and see : the spiritual senses and the Eucharist

Conclusion : spiritual apprehension : the spiritual senses and the knowledge of God.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-247) and index.

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ISBN:

0-8132-1594-3

OCLC:

647825439