Spiritual discourse and the meaning of persons
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Spiritual discourse and the meaning of persons
Macmillan Press , St. Martin's Press, 1994
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Note and references: p. 177-197
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Arguing that there is a close relationship between aspects of the literature of Western spirituality and evolving ideas of the person, this book uses the gospel narratives of Transfiguration to chart the interaction between literature and theology in producing certain historically-conditioned interpretations of what it means to be a person. The general argument is placed in the context of modern debates about personal identity and the idea of the self. There are chapters on the New Testament, Origen of Alexandria, Julian of Norwich, Erasmus, William Law and John Henry Newman.
Table of Contents
- Introduction - the argument in outline
- Jesus the personal God
- Origen of Alexandria - face to face with the beloved
- Julian of Norwich - God's gladdest countenance
- Erasmus - the masks of folly and the face of God
- William Law - imagination and the transfiguring of nature
- Newman's "Apologia" - the self in a faceless world.
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