Russian hesychasm : The spirituality of Nil Sorskij / George A. Maloney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maloney, George A., author.

Series:

Slavistic printings and reprintings ; 269.

Slavistic Printings and Reprintings ; 269

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nil, Sorskiĭ, Saint, approximately 1433-1508.

Nil.

Hesychasm.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages).

Edition:

Reprint 2019

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ABBREVIATIONS USED

PART ONE. THE TIMES IN WHICH NIL SORSKIJ LIVED

I. A Nation in Flux

II. Biography of Nil

PART TWO. SPIRITUALITY OF NIL SORSKIJ

I. Ascetical Ideal

II. The Way Back to God

III. Hesychasm of Nil

IV. External Practices

V. Sources of Nil's Teaching

VI. Influence of Nil on His Contemporaries

EPILOGUE

Appendix I: Letters of Nil Sorskij

Appendix II: The Hesychastic Method

Sources

Particular Bibliography Dealing with Nil Sorskij

General Bibliography

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)

ISBN:

9783111396798

3111396797

OCLC:

1091661475