Divine Audacity

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-0-227-17837-9
Verlag: James Clarke & Co.

Buch, Englisch, 243 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 1560 g

A new synthesis of the thought of four key Medieval writers on the themes of mystical union, volition and virtue.

In Divine Audacity, Peter Dillard presents a historically informed and rigorous analysis of the themes of mystical union, volition and virtue that occupied several of the foremost theological minds in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. In particular, the work of Marguerite Porete raises complex questions in these areas, which are further explored by a trio of her near contemporaries. Their respective meditations are thoroughly analysed and then skilfully brought into dialogue.

What emerges from Dillard’s synthesis of these voices is a contemporary mystical theology that is rooted in Hugh of Balma’s affective approach, sharpened through critical engagement with Meister Eckhart’s intellectualism, and strengthened by crucial insights gleaned from the writings of John Ruusbroec. The fresh examination of these thinkers – one of whom paid with her life for her radicalism – will appeal to philosophers and theologians alike, while Dillard’s own propositions demand attention from all who concern themselves with the nature of the union between the soul and God.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dillard, Peter S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. A Cluster of Controversies

Part One: Carthusian Meditations
1. A Curious Legacy
2. The Difficult Question
3. Neither This nor That but Something Other
4. On the Contrary
5. Dialetheism
6. One Step Back, Two Steps Forward
7. The Same Way Another Way
8. A Threat and a Tension
9. A Carthusian Examen
10. Transition to Eckhart: A Volitional Riddle

Part Two: Eckhart and the Hegemony of the Intellect
11. The Ontological Problem of the Just Person
12. A Metaphysics of Determinability
13. The One that Got Away

Part Three: Ruusbroec and the Resurgence of the Will
14. Virtuous Dispositions, Resolute Resignation
15. Dialetheism Reconfigured

Conclusion: Porete’s Gambit

Bibliography
Index