The Weight of Love Affect, Ecstasy, and Union in the Theology of Bonaventure

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...

Popoln opis

Shranjeno v:
Bibliografske podrobnosti
Glavni avtor: Davis, Robert Glenn (auth)
Format: Elektronski Book Chapter
Jezik:angleščina
Izdano: NY Fordham University Press 2016
Teme:
Online dostop:DOAB: download the publication
DOAB: description of the publication
Oznake: Označite
Brez oznak, prvi označite!
Opis
Izvleček: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. It intervenes in two crucial developments in medieval Christian thought and practice: the renewal of interest in the corpus of Dionysius the Areopagite in thirteenth-century Paris and the proliferation of new forms of affective meditation focused on the passion of Christ in the later Middle Ages. Through the exemplary life and death of Francis of Assisi, Robert Glenn Davis examines how Bonaventure traces a mystical itinerary culminating in the meditant's full participation in Christ's crucifixion. For Bonaventure, Davis asserts, this death represents the becoming-body of the soul, the consummation and transformation of desire into the crucified body of Christ.
ISBN:oapen_626409
9780823272129
Dostop:Open Access