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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199267995
ISBN-13
9780199267996
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30202867
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
252 Pages
Publication Name
Gregory of Nyssa and the Grasp of Faith : Union, Knowledge, and Divine Presence
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Subject
Mysticism, Christianity / History, Religious, General, Faith
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Biography & Autobiography
Series
Oxford Early Christian Studies
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
16.3 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2004-302082
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
This book is...driven by a well-defined argument and develops a scholarly debate about which the author is very knowledgeable.
Dewey Decimal
234/.23/092
Table Of Content
Introduction1. The exaltation of faith: the state of current research2. The flow of the mind3. The grasp of faith4. The grasp of faith and supranoetic union5. Fountain of presence, breasts of wine: the flow of knowledge in the 'In canticum canticorum'6. Christ speaking himself: the logophatic discourse of Paul and the bride7. The luminous dark revisitedConclusion
Synopsis
Scholars of Gregory of Nyssa have long acknowledged the centrality of faith in his theory of divine union. To date, however, there has been no sustained examination of this key topic. The present study fills this gap and elucidates important auxiliary themes that accrue to Gregory's notion of faith as a faculty of apophatic union with God. The result adjusts how we understand the Cappadocian's apophaticism in general and his so-called mysticism of darkness in particular. After a general discussion of the increasing value of faith in late Neoplatonism and an overview of important work done on Gregorian faith, this study moves on to sketch a portrait of the mind and its dynamic, varying cognitive states and how these respond to the divine pedagogy of scripture, baptism, and the presence of God. With this portrait of the mind as a backdrop we see how Gregory values faith for its ability to unite with God, who remains beyond the comprehending grasp of mind. A close examination of the relationship between faith and mind shows Gregory bestowing on faith qualities which Plotinus would have granted only to the 'crest of the wave of intellect'. While Gregorian faith serves as the faculty of apophatic union with God, faith yet gives something to mind. This dimension of Gregory's apophaticism has gone largely unnoticed by scholars. At the apex of an apophatic ascent faith unites with God the Word; by virtue of this union the believer takes on the qualities of the Word, who speaks (logophasis) in the deeds and discourse of the believer. Finally this study redresses how Gregory has been identified with a 'mysticism of darkness' and argues that he proposes no less a 'mysticism of light'., The first in-depth study of Gregory of Nyssa, this book shows how for Gregory the darkness of faith is what unites the believer with God. Through this union by faith alone, God yet speaks through the deeds and discourse of the believer. While the believer is immersed in the darkness of unknowing, they are also transformed in light. Laird alters the way in which we understand Gregory's mystical theology.
LC Classification Number
BR65.G76
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