The Spirit, the affections, and the Christian tradition /
The Spirit, the affections, and the Christian tradition /
edited by Dale M. Coulter and Amos Yong.
- xi, 313 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : The language of affectivity and the Christian life / Blessed passion of love : the affections, the church fathers, and the Christian life / Redeeming the affections : deconstructing Augustine's critique of theater / The beauty of holiness : deification of the passions in the liturgy of St. John Chrysostom / Holy tears : a neglected aspect of early Christian spirituality in contemporary context / The transformative role of emotion in the Middle Ages : deliverance from lukewarm affections / Aquinas on sanctifying the affections : participating in the life of the Spirit / Letting go of detachment : Eckhart's "Gelassenheit" and the immanence of the Spirit / The bondage of the affections : willing, feeling, and desiring in Luther's theology, 1513-1525 / "Movements of the heart" : Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) on affections / "But to know it as we shou'd do" : enthusiasm, historicizing of the charismata, and cessationism in Enlightenment England / Orthokardia : John Wesley's grammar of the Holy Spirit / Jonathan Edwards on the affections and the Spirit / Conclusion : the affective Spirit and historiographical revitalization in the Christian theological tradition / Dale M. Coulter -- Robert Louis Wilken -- James K. A. Smith -- Bradley Nassif -- Michael J. McClymond -- Elizabeth A. Dreyer -- Craig A. Boyd -- Sharon L. Putt -- Simeon Zahl -- Klaas Bom -- Paul C. H. Lim -- Gregory S. Clapper -- Gerald R. McDermott -- Amos Yong
9780268100049 0268100047
2016032989
Emotions--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines.
Spirituality--Christianity--History.
BV4597.3 / .S66 2016
248.2
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : The language of affectivity and the Christian life / Blessed passion of love : the affections, the church fathers, and the Christian life / Redeeming the affections : deconstructing Augustine's critique of theater / The beauty of holiness : deification of the passions in the liturgy of St. John Chrysostom / Holy tears : a neglected aspect of early Christian spirituality in contemporary context / The transformative role of emotion in the Middle Ages : deliverance from lukewarm affections / Aquinas on sanctifying the affections : participating in the life of the Spirit / Letting go of detachment : Eckhart's "Gelassenheit" and the immanence of the Spirit / The bondage of the affections : willing, feeling, and desiring in Luther's theology, 1513-1525 / "Movements of the heart" : Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) on affections / "But to know it as we shou'd do" : enthusiasm, historicizing of the charismata, and cessationism in Enlightenment England / Orthokardia : John Wesley's grammar of the Holy Spirit / Jonathan Edwards on the affections and the Spirit / Conclusion : the affective Spirit and historiographical revitalization in the Christian theological tradition / Dale M. Coulter -- Robert Louis Wilken -- James K. A. Smith -- Bradley Nassif -- Michael J. McClymond -- Elizabeth A. Dreyer -- Craig A. Boyd -- Sharon L. Putt -- Simeon Zahl -- Klaas Bom -- Paul C. H. Lim -- Gregory S. Clapper -- Gerald R. McDermott -- Amos Yong
9780268100049 0268100047
2016032989
Emotions--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines.
Spirituality--Christianity--History.
BV4597.3 / .S66 2016
248.2