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The origins of the Christian mystical tradition : from Plato to Denys / Andrew Louth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Louth, Andrew.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mysticism--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Mysticism.
- Fathers of the church.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Andrew Louth traces the Christian mystic tradition from Plato through figures such as Origen, Gregory of Nyssa and Augustine and explores the diverse and conflicting influences to be found in Christian spirituality.
- Contents:
- Plato
- Philo
- Plotinus
- Origen
- Nicene orthodoxy: Athanasius ; Gregory of Nyssa
- The monastic contribution: Evagrius of Pontus ; the Macarian Homilies ; Diadochus of Photice
- Augustine
- Denys the Areopagite
- Patristic mysticism and St. John of the Cross ; Divine darkness and the dark night
- The mystical life and the mystical body: Platonism and mysticism ; the communion of saints.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-222) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-160877-7
- 1-281-15485-7
- 1-4356-2411-4
- 9786611154851
- 0-19-153758-6
- OCLC:
- 223203875
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