The Philokalia and the inner life
Cook, Chris
The Philokalia and the inner life on passions and prayer / [electronic resource] : Christopher C.H. Cook. - Cambridge, U.K. : James Clarke & Co., 2011. - 1 online resource (xx, 366 pages)
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.).
Includes bibliographical references (pages p. 361-366) and index.
The Philokalia was published in Venice in 1782. It is an anthology of patristic writings from the Eastern Church, spanning the 4th to the 15th Centuries, which has been the subsequent focus of a significant revival in Orthodox spirituality. It presents an understanding of psychopathology and mental life which is significantly different to that usually encountered in western Christianity. It also presents accounts of both mental well-being and the pathologies of the mind or soul that are radically different to contemporary secular accounts and yet also find remarkable points of similarity with.
9780227900055 0227900057 9780227900079 0227900073
77295892-AF76-4F53-80AD-E1C96D0D4E59 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctt1cg7g7r JSTOR
Philokalia.
Philokalia.
Spiritual life--Orthodox Eastern Church.
Emotions--Religious aspects--Orthodox Eastern Church.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
RELIGION--Essays.
RELIGION--Reference.
RELIGION / Christian Theology / History
Electronic books.
BX382.P43 / C66 2011eb
200.9
The Philokalia and the inner life on passions and prayer / [electronic resource] : Christopher C.H. Cook. - Cambridge, U.K. : James Clarke & Co., 2011. - 1 online resource (xx, 366 pages)
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.).
Includes bibliographical references (pages p. 361-366) and index.
The Philokalia was published in Venice in 1782. It is an anthology of patristic writings from the Eastern Church, spanning the 4th to the 15th Centuries, which has been the subsequent focus of a significant revival in Orthodox spirituality. It presents an understanding of psychopathology and mental life which is significantly different to that usually encountered in western Christianity. It also presents accounts of both mental well-being and the pathologies of the mind or soul that are radically different to contemporary secular accounts and yet also find remarkable points of similarity with.
9780227900055 0227900057 9780227900079 0227900073
77295892-AF76-4F53-80AD-E1C96D0D4E59 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctt1cg7g7r JSTOR
Philokalia.
Philokalia.
Spiritual life--Orthodox Eastern Church.
Emotions--Religious aspects--Orthodox Eastern Church.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
RELIGION--Essays.
RELIGION--Reference.
RELIGION / Christian Theology / History
Electronic books.
BX382.P43 / C66 2011eb
200.9
