Divine Hierarchies

Author : Sean McCloud
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 080787762X

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Divine Hierarchies by Sean McCloud Pdf

Placing the neglected issue of class back into the study and understanding of religion, Sean McCloud reconsiders the meaning of class in today's world. More than a status grounded in material conditions, says McCloud, class is also an identity rhetorically and symbolically made and unmade through representations. It entails relationships, identifications, boundaries, meanings, power, and our most ingrained habits of mind and body. He demonstrates that employing class as an analytical tool that cuts across variables such as creed, race, ethnicity, and gender can illuminate American religious life in unprecedented ways. Through social theory, historical analysis, and ethnography, McCloud makes an interdisciplinary argument for reinserting class into the study of religion. First, he offers a new three-part conception of class for use in studying religion. He then presents a focused cultural history of religious studies by examining how social class surfaced in twentieth-century theories of religious affiliation. He concludes with historical and ethnographic case studies of religion and class. Divine Hierarchies makes a convincing case for the past and present importance of class in American religious thought, practice, and scholarship.

Author : Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547019787

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Ecclesiastical Hierarchy by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite Pdf

Ecclesiastical Hierarchy is a work by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. It covers the hierarchies within the church system and reflects on the liturgical rites of the Byzantine church.

Author : Kenan Osborne
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 731 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003-02-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781592441570

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Ministry by Kenan Osborne Pdf

Ministry explores the rich and consistent history of lay ministry in the Roman Catholic Church since the first witness in the Bible. Kenan Osborne, a well-known theologian, combines his personal insights in contemporary spirituality to address the major issues that lay men and women face within the church structures at various periods of time. Has the role of the lay person in the Roman Catholic Church been diminished or supported over the centuries? 'Ministry' examines the historical evidence thoroughly and focuses on three important factors. First, Osborne offers a critical examination of the discipleship of every follower of Jesus. Next he describes the gradual de-emphasis of the non-cleric and non-religious in the church. Finally, he discusses the gradual emergence of the lay person into the mainstream of discipleship. 'Ministry' is designed for the lay person and the ordained. A complement to Osborne's previous book, 'Priesthood', this book is an extremely important historical study and must reading for those who seek the central foundation of discipleship within the Roman Catholic Church.

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : SteinerBooks
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780880109420

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The Spiritual Hierarchies and the Physical World by Rudolf Steiner Pdf

10 lectures in Düsseldorf, April 12-18, 1909; participants' notes from Q&A sessions (CW 110) Ever since nature and consciousness were separated during the late Middle Ages --giving rise to scientific thinking that considers only the physical world and views the mind as merely an epiphenomenon of neural chemistry --the spiritual beings who are the universe have felt abandoned and unable to complete their work, which depends on human collaboration for its success. Human beings have likewise felt abandoned and alienated.In these remarkable lectures, Rudolf Steiner reestablishes the human being as a participant in an evolving, dynamic universe of living spiritual beings: a living universe, whole and divine. He does so in concrete images, capable of being grasped by human consciousness as if from within.How is this possible? Implicit in Rudolf Steiner's view is the fact that, essentially, the universe consists of consciousness. Everything else is illusion. Hence, to understand the evolution of the cosmos and humanity in any terms other than consciousness is also an illusion. Whenever we are dealing with grand cosmic facts, we are dealing with states of consciousness. But states of consciousness never exist apart from the beings who embody them. Therefore, the only true realities are beings in various states of consciousness. In this sense, Steiner's spiritual science is a science of states of consciousness and the beings who embody them. Indeed, any science --physics, chemistry, botany, psychology --is a science of beings. And the sensory perception, or physical trace, is simply the outer vestment of the activity of beings in various states of consciousness. To describe these beings, Steiner uses the names made familiar by the wisdom traditions of the West. He speaks of the evolutionary states of Saturn, Sun, Moon, and so on; the nine choirs of angels; elemental beings and nature spirits; and the elements of fire, earth, air, and water. The Spiritual Hierarchies and the Physical World: Zodiac, Planets & Cosmos is a translation from German of Geistige Hiearchien und ihre Wiederspiegelung in der physischen Welt. Tierkreis, Planeten, Kosmos(GA 110). The Spiritual Hierarchies and the Physical World: Reality and Illusion (1996) contained a previous edition of this lecture course.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004341159

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Ordo et Sanctitas: The Franciscan Spiritual Journey in Theology and Hagiography by Anonim Pdf

Ordo et Sanctitas: The Franciscan Spiritual Journey in Theology and Hagiography offers articles on Franciscan hagiographical texts; medieval theology and the Bonaventurian theological tradition; and the retrieval of the Franciscan tradition in a contemporary context.

Author : Dionysius the Areopagite,Aeterna Press
Publisher : Aeterna Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Heavenly Hierarchy by Dionysius the Areopagite,Aeterna Press Pdf

Invoking then Jesus, the Paternal Light, the Real, the True, “which lighteth every man coming into the world,” “through Whom we have access to the Father,” Source of Light, let us aspire, as far as is attainable, to the illuminations handed down by our fathers in the most sacred Oracles, and let us gaze, as we may, upon the Hierarchies of the Heavenly Minds manifested by them symbolically for our instruction. And when we have received, with immaterial and unflinching mental eyes, the gift of Light, primal and super-primal, of the supremely Divine Father, which manifests to us the most blessed Hierarchies of the Angels in types and symbols, let us then, from it, be elevated to its simple splendor. Aeterna Press

Author : Danielle Layne,David D. Butorac
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110470376

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Proclus and his Legacy by Danielle Layne,David D. Butorac Pdf

This volume investigates Proclus' own thought and his wide-ranging influence within late Neoplatonic, Alexandrine and Byzantinian philosophy and theology. It further explores how Procline metaphysics and doctrines of causality influence and transition into Arabic and Islamic thought, up until Richard Hooker in England, Spinoza in Holland and Pico in Italy. John Dillon provides a helpful overview of Proclus' thought, Harold Tarrant discusses Proclus' influence within Alexandrian philosophy and Tzvi Langermann presents ground breaking work on the Jewish reception of Proclus, focusing on the work of Joseph Solomon Delmedigo (1591-1655), while Stephen Gersh presents a comprehensive synopsis of Proclus' reception throughout Christendom. The volume also presents works from notable scholars like Helen Lang, Sarah Wear and Crystal Addey and has a considerable strength in its presentation of Pseudo-Dionysius, Proclus' transmission and development in Arabic philosophy and the problem of the eternity of the world. It will be important for anyone interested in the development and transition of ideas from the late ancient world onwards.

Author : Filip Ivanovic
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780813231891

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Desiring the Beautiful by Filip Ivanovic Pdf

Desiring the Beautiful studies the concept of deification, theosis, in two of the most influential early Christian philosopher-theologians, who might be considered as theoretical consolidators of the idea of theosis, and argues that the proper understanding of their central soteriological concept must take into account its dimension of love and beauty.

Author : Phillip Cary
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780195158618

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Augustine's Invention of the Inner Self by Phillip Cary Pdf

Phillip Cary argues that Augustine invented the concept of the self as a private inner space - a space into which one can enter and in which one can find God. This study pinpoints what was new about his philosophy of inwardness and situates it within a narrative of his intellectual development and relationship to the Platonist tradition.

Author : Matthew Levering
Publisher : LiturgyTrainingPublications
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781595250292

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Christ and the Catholic Priesthood by Matthew Levering Pdf

Author : Pseudo-Dionysius (the Areopagite.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Alexandrian school
ISBN : HARVARD:32044054167887

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The Celestial and Ecclesiastical Hierarchy of Dionysius the Areopagite by Pseudo-Dionysius (the Areopagite.) Pdf

Author : Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547158011

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Heavenly Hierarchy by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite Pdf

Heavenly Hierarchy by Pseudo-Dionysius is a Pseudo-Dionysian work on angelology, written in Greek and dated to the 5th century AD. It exerted great influence on scholasticism and treats at great length the hierarchies of angels. Excerpt: "That every divine illumination, while going forth with love in various ways to the objects of its forethought, remains one. Nor is this all: it also unifies the things illuminated."

Author : Jonathan Kristian Wain
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780244508340

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Tried Money Changers Apocrypha by Jonathan Kristian Wain Pdf

Author : Andrew Louth
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199291403

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The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition by Andrew Louth Pdf

Andrew Louth traces the Christian mystic tradition from Plato, through figures such as Origen, Gregory of Nyssa and Augustine and explores the diverse and conflicting influences to be found in Christian spirituality.

Author : Michael P. Murphy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0198044275

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A Theology of Criticism by Michael P. Murphy Pdf

A number of critics and scholars argue for the notion of a distinctly Catholic variety of imagination, not as a matter of doctrine or even of belief, but rather as an artistic sensibility. They figure the blend of intellectual, emotional, spiritual and ethical assumptions that proceed from Catholic belief constitutes a vision of reality that necessarily informs the artist's imaginative expression. The notion of a Catholic imagination, however, has lacked thematic and theological coherence. To articulate this intuition is to cross the problematic interdisciplinary borders between theology and literature; and, although scholars have developed useful methods for undertaking such interdisciplinary "border-crossings," relatively few have been devoted to a serious examination of the theological aesthetic upon which these other aesthetics might hinge. In A Theology of Criticism, Michael Patrick Murphy proposes a new framework to better define the concept of a Catholic imagination. He explores the many ways in which the theological work of Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988) can provide the model, content, and optic for distinguishing this type of imagination from others. Since Balthasar views art and literature precisely as theologies, Murphy surveys a broad array of poetry, drama, fiction, and film and sets it against central aspects of Balthasar's theological program. In doing so, Murphy seeks to develop a theology of criticism. This interdisciplinary work recovers the legitimate place of a distinct "theological imagination" in critical theory, showing that Balthasar's voice both challenges and complements contemporary developments. Murphy also contends that postmodern interpretive methodology, with its careful critique of entrenched philosophical assumptions and reiterated codes of meaning, is not the threat to theological meaning that many fear. On the contrary, by juxtaposing postmodern critical methodologies against Balthasar's visionary theological range, a space is made available for literary critics and theologians alike. More important, the critic is provided with the tools to assess, challenge, and celebrate the theological imagination as it is depicted today.