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The mysticism of Saint Augustine : rereading The confessions
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The mysticism of Saint Augustine : rereading The confessions / John Peter Kenney.
ISBN
0203018931 (electronic bk.)
9780203018934 (electronic bk.)
0415288320
0415288339
6610216819
9780415288323
9780415288330
9786610216819
Published
New York : Routledge, 2005.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 160 pages.)
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Summary
"This book explores Augustine's account of his experience as set down in the Confessions, and explores his mysticism in relation to ancient Platonism. John Peter Kenney argues that while the Christian mysticism created by Augustine is in many ways founded on Platonic thought, Platonism ultimately fails Augustine in his efforts to arrive at an enduring contemplation of the divine. The Confessions offer a response to this impasse by generating two critical ideas in medieval and modern religious thought: firstly, the conception that contemplation provides only knowledge of God, in contrast to Neo-Platonism; secondly, the distinction between salvation and enlightenment."--BOOK JACKET.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-155) and index.
Contents
Flight to the alone
The root of the soul
A long life stretched out
A kind of rest
Vision at Ostia
Books of the Platonists
A trembling glance
The presence of truth
A living soul of the faithful
A home of bliss
Total concentration of the heart
Snatched up to Paradise.
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