E-Book, Englisch, 321 Seiten
Cattoi Divine Contingency: Theologies of Divine Embodiment in Maximos the Confessor and Tsong kha pa
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4632-1543-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 321 Seiten
Reihe: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies
ISBN: 978-1-4632-1543-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
This work explores the points of contact, as well as the differences between the distinct notions of divine embodiment developed by Maximos the Confessor (580-662), one of the greatest Greek Fathers, and Tsong kha pa (1357-1419), arguably the most important thinker in the history of Tibetan Buddhism. Both authors developed a spiritual theology where natural contemplation and the practice of the virtues are invested with a transformative value and are construed as a response to a cosmic intelligence, which sustains the universe, but also becomes manifest in history.