The weight of love : affect, ecstasy, and union in the theology of Bonaventure /

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Supplementing theological interpretation with historical, literary, and philosophical perspectives, 'The Weight of Love' analyzes the nature and role of affectivity in medieval Christian devotion through an original interpretation of the writings of the Franciscan theologian Bonaventure. I...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, Robert Glenn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2017.
Temas:
Bonaventure, > Saint, Cardinal, > approximately 1217-1274.
Bonaventure, > Saint, Cardinal, > approximately 1217-1274
600-1500
Love > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Amour > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire des doctrines > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Ethics.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : weighing affect in medieval Christian devotion
  • The Seraphic Doctrine : love and knowledge in the Dionysian hierarchy
  • Affect, cognition, and the natural motion of the will
  • Elemental motion and the force of union
  • Hierarchy and excess in the Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
  • The exemplary bodies of the Legenda Maior
  • Conclusion : a corpus, in sum.

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