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- The Mystery of Union with God
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: The Catholic University of America Press
- Series: Thomistic Ressourcement
summary
The Mystery of Union with God offers the most extensive, systematic analysis to date of how Albert and Thomas interpreted and transformed the Dionysian Moses "who knows God by unknowing." It shows Albert's and Thomas's philosophical and theological motives to place limits on Dionysian apophatism and to reintegrate mediated knowledge into mystical knowing. The author surfaces many similarities in the two Dominicans' mystical doctrines and exegesis of Dionysius. This work prepares the way for a new consideration of Albert the Great as the father of Rhineland Mysticism. The original presentation of Aquinas's theology of the Spirit's seven gifts breaks new ground in theological scholarship. Finally, the entire book lays out a model for the study of mystical theology from a historical, philosophical and doctrinal perspective.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Abbreviations
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. xi-xxxiii
- Part 1. Dionysius and His Early Interpreters on Union with God
- 1. Dionysius on Union with God
- pp. 3-29
- Part 2. Albert on Dionysian Union with God
- Part 3. Thomas on Dionysian Union with God
- 6. Grace in Thomas
- pp. 249-295
- 7. Divine Naming in Thomas
- pp. 296-316
- 8. Dionysian Union in Thomas
- pp. 317-442
- General Conclusion
- pp. 443-468
- Bibliography
- pp. 469-496
- Index of Names
- pp. 497-501
- Subject Index
- pp. 502-509
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813227504
Related ISBN(s)
9780813227498, 9780813229157
MARC Record
OCLC
907436798
Pages
543
Launched on MUSE
2015-04-15
Language
English
Open Access
No