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Cambridge Platonist Spirituality (Classics of Western Spirituality)
by Charles Taliaferro, Alison J. Teply
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- 0809140381
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- 9780809140381
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Paulist Press, October 2004. Paper Back. New. This latest addition to the Classics of Western Civilization series introduces the reader to a mid-seventeenth century group of priests, theologians, philosophers and poets known as the Cambridge Platonists. Writing in a time of great political and religious conflict in England, this diverse group searched for an integrated and tolerant form of Christian spirituality. This spirituality was based on a blending of principles flowing from the philosophically-derived, generally inaccessible ''Creator'' of Plato and revelation from the personal Christian God of love and grace. Thus, a marriage of faith and reason was sought. Post seventeenth-century theology that celebrates the ''sweet reasonableness'' of the Christian faith clearly contains strong echoes of these original thinkers' work. Little regarded in modern times, this unique collection of writings -- besides being interesting in its own right -- offers a provocative model for a reconciliation of ''rationalistic'' and ''pietistic'' spiritualities, and the lines along which authentic Christian ecumenism might proceed.
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- Title
- Cambridge Platonist Spirituality (Classics of Western Spirituality)
- Author
- Charles Taliaferro, Alison J. Teply
- Format/Binding
- Paper Back
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0809140381
- ISBN 13
- 9780809140381
- Publisher
- Paulist Press
- Place of Publication
- Mahwah, New Jersey, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- October 2004
- Pages
- 256
- Keywords
- platonism, platonist, english spirituality, ecumenism, ecumenist, cambridge, seventeenth century
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