Denys, the Areopagite / Andrew Louth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Louth, Andrew.

Series:

Outstanding Christian thinkers.

Outstanding Christian thinkers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite.

Pseudo-Dionysius.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Continuum, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Andrew Louth examines all the traditions on which Denys' work draws: the Fourth Century Greek theologians, pagan philosophy and Syrian Christian thought. The corpus of Denys the Areopagite appeared in the sixth century and have since been deeply influential on Christian thinking both in East and West. Who their author was remains a mystery but in this book Professor Louth documents and comments on his compelling vision of the beauty of God's world and his revelation, together with his profound awareness of the ultimate mystery of the unknowable God who utterly transcends all being.

Contents:

Contents; Editorial foreword; Bibliography; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: the intellectual world of the late fifth century; 2 A liturgical theology; 3 The angelic choirs; 4 The earthly liturgy; 5 The nameless God of many names; 6 Visions and darkness; 7 Afterlife; 8 Conclusion

Notes:

First published 1989.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-01395-5

9786612013959

0-8264-3735-4

OCLC:

317120052