Contemplate
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Staging Contemplation
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Author : Eleanor Johnson
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2018-08-17
Staging Contemplation written by Eleanor Johnson and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-17 with Religion categories.
What does it mean to contemplate? In the Middle Ages, more than merely thinking with intensity, it was a religious practice entailing utter receptiveness to the divine presence. Contemplation is widely considered by scholars today to have been the highest form of devotional prayer, a rarified means of experiencing God practiced only by the most devout of monks, nuns, and mystics. Yet, in this groundbreaking new book, Eleanor Johnson argues instead for the pervasiveness and accessibility of contemplative works to medieval audiences. By drawing together ostensibly diverse literary genres—devotional prose, allegorical poetry, cycle dramas, and morality plays—Staging Contemplation paints late Middle English contemplative writing as a broad genre that operated collectively and experientially as much as through radical individual disengagement from the world. Johnson further argues that the contemplative genre played a crucial role in the exploration of the English vernacular as a literary and theological language in the fifteenth century, tracing how these works engaged modes of disfluency—from strained syntax and aberrant grammar, to puns, slang, code-switching, and laughter—to explore the limits, norms, and potential of English as a devotional language. Full of virtuoso close readings, this book demonstrates a sustained interest in how poetic language can foster a participatory experience of likeness to God among lay and devotional audiences alike.
Death Contemplation And Schopenhauer
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Author : R. Raj Singh
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-13
Death Contemplation And Schopenhauer written by R. Raj Singh and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-13 with Philosophy categories.
The connections between death, contemplation and the contemplative life have been a recurrent theme in the canons of both western and eastern philosophical thought. This book examines the classical sources of this philosophical literature, in particular Plato's Phaedo and the Katha Upanishad and then proceeds to a sustained analysis and critical assessment of the sources and standpoints of a single thinker, Arthur Schopenhauer, whose work comprehensively pursues this problem. Going beyond the well examined western influences on Schopenhauer, Singh offers an in-depth account of Schopenhauer's references to eastern thought and a comprehensive examination of his eastern sources, particularly Vedanta and Buddhism. The book traces the pivotal issue of death through the whole range of Schopenhauer's writings uncovering the deeper connotations of his crucial notion of the will-to-live.
Contemplation And Philosophy Scholastic And Mystical Modes Of Medieval Philosophical Thought
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-08-07
Contemplation And Philosophy Scholastic And Mystical Modes Of Medieval Philosophical Thought written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-07 with History categories.
This volume collects essays which are thematically connected through the work of Kent Emery Jr., to whom the volume is dedicated. A main focus lies on the attempts to bridge the gap between mysticism and a systematic approach to medieval philosophical thought.
Aristotle On The Uses Of Contemplation
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Author : Matthew D. Walker
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-05-31
Aristotle On The Uses Of Contemplation written by Matthew D. Walker and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-31 with Philosophy categories.
Provides an original, up-to-date, and systematic account of Aristotle's views on contemplation's place in the human good.
Into The Silent Land
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Author : Martin Laird
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006-07-01
Into The Silent Land written by Martin Laird and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07-01 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Sitting in stillness, the practice of meditation, and the cultivation of awareness are commonly thought to be the preserves of Hindus and Buddhists. Martin Laird shows that the Christian tradition of contemplation has its own refined teachings on using a prayer word to focus the mind, working with the breath to cultivate stillness, and the practice of inner vigilance or awareness. But this book is not a mere historical survey of these teachings. In Into the Silent Land, we see the ancient wisdom of both the Christian East and West brought sharply to bear on the modern-day longing for radical openness to God in the depths of the heart. Laird's book is not like the many presentations for beginners. While useful for those just starting out, this book serves especially as a guide for those who desire to journey yet deeper into the silence of God. The heart of the book focuses on negotiating key moments of struggle on the contemplative path, when the whirlwind of distractions or the brick wall of boredom makes it difficult to continue. Laird shows that these inner struggles, even wounds, that any person of prayer must face, are like riddles, trying to draw out of us our own inner silence. Ultimately Laird shows how the wounds we loathe become vehicles of the healing silence we seek, beyond technique and achievement. Throughout the language is fresh, direct, and focused on real-life examples of people whose lives are incomparably enriched by the practice of contemplation.
New Seeds Of Contemplation
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Author : Thomas Merton
language : en
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Release Date : 2003
New Seeds Of Contemplation written by Thomas Merton and has been published by Shambhala Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
A collection of thirty-nine short essays in which Thomas Merton examines what true contemplation is and how it can impact one's spirituality.
Contemplation
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Author : Francis Kelly Nemeck
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2001-10-17
Contemplation written by Francis Kelly Nemeck and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-10-17 with Religion categories.
This book clearly presents the deepest insights of western Christian tradition regarding the mystery of contemplation to aid you in responding more fully to God's love in your life. Not light reading, some technical language, but a helpful explanation of a difficult subject. Charismatic Renewal Services Turning mainly to John of the Cross for his wisdom, the authors have written a brief work which combines a profound appreciation for the charism of contemplation with great common sense. It is hard to imagine a better handbook. America
Religion And The Hermeneutics Of Contemplation
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Author : D. Z. Phillips
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2001-07-26
Religion And The Hermeneutics Of Contemplation written by D. Z. Phillips and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-07-26 with Religion categories.
Leading philosopher of religion D. Z. Phillips examines the conceptual assumptions of atheistic thought.
In The School Of Contemplation
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Author : André Louf
language : en
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Release Date : 2015
In The School Of Contemplation written by André Louf and has been published by Liturgical Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Religion categories.
This work was originally published in French as A L'Ecole de la Contemplation, A Lethielleux 2004.
An Ocean Of Light
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Author : Martin Laird
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2018-12-03
An Ocean Of Light written by Martin Laird and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-03 with Religion categories.
For people drawn to a life of contemplation, the dawning of luminous awareness in a mind full of clutter is deeply liberating. In the third of his best-selling books on Christian contemplative life, Martin Laird turns his attention to those who are well settled in their contemplative practice. An Ocean of Light speaks both to those just entering the contemplative path and to those with a maturing practice of contemplation. Gradually, the practice of contemplation lifts the soul, freeing it from the blockages that introduce confusion into our identity and thus confusion about the mystery we call God. In the course of a lifetime of inner silencing, the flower of awareness emerges: a living realization that we have never been separate from God or from the rest of humanity while we each fully become what each of us is created to be. In contemplation we become so silent before God that the "before" drops away. Those whose lives have led them deeply into the silent land realize this, but not in the way that we realize that the square root of 144 is 12. Laird draws from a wide and diverse range of writers--from St. Augustine, Evagrius Ponticus, and St. Teresa of Avila to David Foster Wallace, Flannery O'Connor, Virginia Woolf, and Franz Wright--to ground his insight in an ancient practice and give it a voice in contemporary language. With his characteristic lyricism and gentleness, Laird guides readers through new challenges of contemplative life, such as making ourselves the focus of our own contemplative project; dealing with old pain; transforming the isolation of loneliness and depression into a liberating solidarity with all who suffer; and the danger of using a spiritual practice as a strategy to acquire and control.