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The Philokalia and the inner life : on passions and prayer /
The Philokalia was published in Venice in 1782. It is an anthology of patristic writings from the Eastern Church, spanning the 4th to the 15th Centuries, which has been the subsequent focus of a significant revival in Orthodox spirituality. It presents an understanding of psychopathology and mental...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, U.K. :
James Clarke & Co.,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Philokalia was published in Venice in 1782. It is an anthology of patristic writings from the Eastern Church, spanning the 4th to the 15th Centuries, which has been the subsequent focus of a significant revival in Orthodox spirituality. It presents an understanding of psychopathology and mental life which is significantly different to that usually encountered in western Christianity. It also presents accounts of both mental well-being and the pathologies of the mind or soul that are radically different to contemporary secular accounts and yet also find remarkable points of similarity with. |
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| Notas: | Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.). |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 366 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages p. 361-366) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780227900055 0227900057 9780227900079 0227900073 |