Binding: Hardcover
Description: Medieval philosophy is primarily associated today with university - based disputations and the authorities cited in those disputations. In their own time however scholastic debates were recognized as just one part of wide - ranging philosophical and theological discussions. A Hidden Wisdom breaks new ground by drawing attention to another crucial component of these conversations: the Christian contemplative tradition. The period from 1200 to 1500, in particular saw a dramatic increase in the production and consumption of mystical and contemplative literature in the Christian West' by laypeople as well as religious scholars women as well as men. A Hidden Wisdom focuses on five topics of particular interest to both scholastics and contemplatives in this period namely self - knowledge reason and its limits love and the will persons and immortality and the afterlife. This focus centers the (often overlooked) contributions of medieval women and demonstrates that when we re - unite scholasticism with its contemplative counterpart we gain not only a more accurate understanding of the scope of medieval Christian philosophy and theology but also an increased awareness of a deeply practical tradition that builds up as well as tears down generates as well as deconstructs. The book's treatment of topics and figures is meant to be representative rather than exhaustive: a tasting menu rather than a comprehensive study. The choice of topics offers a series of 'hooks for philosophers to connect their own interests to issues central to medieval contemplative philosophy while also providing medievalists in other disciplines a fresh lens through which to view these texts.
Title: A Hidden Wisdom Medieval Contemplatives On Self - Knowledge Reason Love Persons And Immortality
Author(s): Van Dyke Christina (Professor Emerita Calvin University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198861683
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 1/27/2023
Category: History Of Religion