The spiritual senses : perceiving God in Western Christianity
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The spiritual senses : perceiving God in Western Christianity
Cambridge University Press, 2013
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-308) and indexes
"First published 2012. First paperback edition 2013"--T.p. verso
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Is it possible to see, hear, touch, smell and taste God? How do we understand the biblical promise that the 'pure in heart' will 'see God'? Christian thinkers as diverse as Origen of Alexandria, Bonaventure, Jonathan Edwards and Hans Urs von Balthasar have all approached these questions in distinctive ways by appealing to the concept of the 'spiritual senses'. In focusing on the Christian tradition of the 'spiritual senses', this book discusses how these senses relate to the physical senses and the body, and analyzes their relationship to mind, heart, emotions, will, desire and judgement. The contributors illuminate the different ways in which classic Christian authors have treated this topic, and indicate the epistemological and spiritual import of these understandings. The concept of the 'spiritual senses' is thereby importantly recovered for contemporary theological anthropology and philosophy of religion.
Table of Contents
- Introduction Paul Gavrilyuk and Sarah Coakley
- 1. Origen of Alexandria Mark J. McInroy
- 2. Gregory of Nyssa Sarah Coakley
- 3. Augustine Matthew R. Lootens
- 4. Gregory the Great George Demacopoulos
- 5. Pseudo-Dionysis the Areopagite Paul L. Gavrilyuk
- 6. Maximus the Confessor Frederick D. Aquino
- 7. Alexander of Hales Boyd Taylor Coolman
- 8. Thomas Gallus Boyd Taylor Coolman
- 9. Bonaventure Gregory F. LaNave
- 10. Thomas Aquinas Richard Cross
- 11. Late medieval mystics Bernard McGinn
- 12. Nicholas of Cusa Garth Green
- 13. Jonathan Edwards and his Puritan predecessors William J. Wainwright
- 14. John Wesley Mark T. Mealey
- 15. Hars Urs von Balthasar and Karl Rahner Mark J. McInroy
- 16. Analytic philosophers of religion William J. Abraham
- Bibliography.
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