The weight of love : affect, ecstasy, and union in the theology of Bonaventure

The weight of love affect, ecstasy, and union in the theology of Bonaventure

Supplementing theological interpretation with historical, literary, and philosophical perspectives, The Weight of Love analyzes the nature and role of affectivity in medieval Christian devotion through an original interpretation of the writings of the Franciscan theologian Bonaventure. It intervenes...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Davis, Robert Glenn, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press 2017.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Bonaventure, > Saint, Cardinal, > approximately 1217-1274.
Love > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426270006719
Table of Contents:
  • The Seraphic Doctrine : love and knowledge in the Dionysian hierarchy
  • Affect, cognition, and the natural motion of the will
  • Elemental motion and the force of union
  • Hierarchy and excess in the Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
  • The exemplary bodies of the Legenda Maior.

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