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This text examines the writings of an early 6th century Christian mystical theologian who wrote under the name of a convert of the apostle Paul, Dionysius the Areopagite, and argues that the pseudonym and the corresponding influence of Paul are the crucial lens through which to read this influential corpus.

Neoplatonism. --- Christianity --- Néo-platonisme --- Christianisme --- Philosophy --- History --- Philosophie --- Histoire --- Pseudo-Dionysius, --- 276 =75 DIONYSIUS AREOPAGITA --- Griekse patrologie--DIONYSIUS AREOPAGITA --- Christianity -- Philosophy -- History -- To 1500. --- Pseudo-Dionysius, -- The Areopagite. --- Neoplatonism --- Philosophy & Religion --- Religion --- Néo-platonisme --- Religions --- Church history --- Alexandrian school --- Hellenism --- Philosophy, Ancient --- Platonists --- Theosophy --- pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita --- Dionysius Areopagita --- Denys l'Aréopagite --- Denys the Areopagite --- Dionysius de Areopagiet --- Dionysius --- Christianity. --- pseudo-dionysius --- dionysius the areopagite --- st. paul --- apophasis --- mysticism --- corpus dionysiacum --- pseudonymity --- negative theology --- apophatic anthropology --- Creative Commons --- God --- Jesus --- Late antiquity --- Paul the Apostle --- Theurgy --- Dionigi, --- Dionisiĭ, --- Dionisio, --- Dionysios, --- Dionysius Areopagita, --- Dionysius Mysticus --- Dionysius, --- Pseudo-Denys, --- Pseudo-Dionigi, --- Pseudo-Dionisiĭ, --- Pseudo Dionisio, --- Psevdo-Dionise, --- Psevdo-Dionisii︠a︡,

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“This highly sophisticated collection of essays reveals the intricacies and relevance of (Pseudo-) Dionysius’ thoughts for the church, understood both as a community of the faithful and a place of worship. Interdisciplinary but focused, these erudite essays confirm the semantic and visual complexities of Dionysius’ concepts.” - Jelena Bogdanović, Associate Professor, Iowa State University, USA “This important study of the writings of Pseudo-Dionysius demonstrates for the first time the visual thinking at the core of his theology and how it decisively shaped the art and architecture of Late Antiquity. By putting the visual dimension at the foreground, this compelling book builds a bridge that connects our present culture of the image to the past.” - Bissera V. Pentcheva, Professor of Art History, Stanford University, USA “This book is a welcome addition to the study of the Areopagite’s influence on Christian iconography and aesthetics. Across various media and discourses, Dionysius’s unique contribution to the Byzantine theology of the image is presented in a series of richly perceptive and constructive readings.” - Fr Maximos Constas, Senior Research Scholar, Holy Cross School of Theology, USA This book uses Pseudo-Dionysius and his mystic theology to explore attitudes and beliefs about images in the early medieval West and Byzantium. Composed in the early sixth century, the Corpus Dionysiacum, the collection of texts transmitted under the name of Dionysius the Areopagite, developed a number of themes which have a predominantly visual and spatial dimension. Pseudo-Dionysius’ contribution to the development of Christian visual culture, visual thinking and figural art-making are examined in this book to systematically investigate his long-lasting legacy and influence. The contributors embrace religious studies, philosophy, theology, art, and architectural history, to consider the depth of the interaction between the Corpus Dionysiacum and various aspects of contemporary Byzantine and western cultures, including ecclesiastical and lay power, politics, religion, and art.

Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite. --- Christian art and symbolism --- Art, Christian --- Art, Ecclesiastical --- Arts in the church --- Christian symbolism --- Ecclesiastical art --- Symbolism and Christian art --- Religious art --- Symbolism --- Symbolism in art --- Church decoration and ornament --- Europe—History—476-1492. --- Civilization—History. --- Religion—History. --- Theology. --- Middle East—History. --- History of Medieval Europe. --- Cultural History. --- History of Religion. --- Christian Theology. --- History of the Middle East. --- Christian theology --- Theology --- Theology, Christian --- Christianity --- Religion --- Art and religion

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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 in two crucial developments in medieval Christian thought and practice: the renewal of interest in the corpus of Dionysius the Areopagite in thirteenth-century Paris and the proliferation of new forms of affective meditation focused on the passion of Christ in the later Middle Ages. Through the exemplary life and death of Francis of Assisi, Robert Glenn Davis examines how Bonaventure traces a mystical itinerary culminating in the meditant’s full participation in Christ’s crucifixion. For Bonaventure, Davis asserts, this death represents the becoming-body of the soul, the consummation and transformation of desire into the crucified body of Christ.In conversation with the contemporary historiography of emotions and critical theories of affect, The Weight of Love contributes to scholarship on medieval devotional literature by urging and offering a more sustained engagement with the theological and philosophical elaborations of affectus. It also contributes to debates around the “affective turn” in the humanities by placing it within this important historical context, challenging modern categories of affect and emotion.

Love --- 2 BONAVENTURA --- 2 BONAVENTURA Godsdienst. Theologie--BONAVENTURA --- Godsdienst. Theologie--BONAVENTURA --- Affection --- Emotions --- First loves --- Friendship --- Intimacy (Psychology) --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- History of doctrines --- Bonaventure, --- Boaventura, --- Bonaventura, --- Bonawentura, --- Boneventura, --- Buenaventura, --- Būnāwintūrā, --- Fidanza, Giovanni, --- Sheng Wen-te, --- Wen-te, --- Pseudo-Bonaventure --- Love. --- Bonaventure. --- Dionysius the Areopagite. --- Francis of Assisi. --- affect and emotion. --- affective meditation. --- affective turn. --- medieval devotional literature. --- mysticism. --- RELIGION / Theology. --- Christian fundamental theology --- Bonaventure

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The volume contains contributions dedicated to the person and the work of Shalva Nutsubidze and his scholarly interests: the Christian Orient from the fifth to the seventh century, the Georgian eleventh century, the Neoplatonic philosopher Ioane Petritsi and his epoch and Shota Rustaveli and mediaeval Georgian culture. Among the articles are a new edition and translation of the original Georgian author’s Preface to the lost Commentary on the Psalms by Ioane Petritsi and the editio princeps with an English translation of an epistle of Nicetas Stethatos (eleventh century), whose Greek original is lost. The traditions of Georgian mediaeval thought are considered in their historical context within the Byzantine Commonwealth and are traced in both philosophy and poetry.

Philosophy, Georgian --- Pseudo-Dionysius, --- Petrici, Ioane, --- Rustaveli, Shota, --- Nucʻubiże, Šalva, --- Orthodox Eastern Church --- Doctrines --- Philosophy, Georgian. --- 281 <082> --- Georgian philosophy --- Oosters christendom--Feestbundels. Festschriften --- Nucʻubiże, Šalva, --- Nut︠s︡ubidze, Shalva Isakovich, --- Nut︠s︡ubidze, Sh. I. --- Nuzubidze, Sch., --- Nuzubise, Schalwa, --- Roustavéli, Chota, --- Rousthavéli, Chotha, --- Rustaveli, Sciota, --- Rustʻaveli, Šotʻa, --- Rustaweli, Szota, --- Rusthaveli, Schotha, --- Rusthaveli, Sciotha, --- Rustʼholli Shotʼha, --- Rust'hveli, Shot'ha, --- Rusztaveli, Sota, --- Shota, --- Shota Rustavelī, --- Shotʼha Rustʼhveli, --- Šotʻa Rustʻaveli, --- Руставели, Шота, --- רוסתוילי, שותא --- Ioane Petrici, --- Petrit︠s︡i, Ioanė, --- Petrizi, Ioane, --- Dionigi, --- Dionisiĭ, --- Dionisio, --- Dionysios, --- Dionysius Areopagita, --- Dionysius Mysticus --- Dionysius, --- Pseudo-Denys, --- Pseudo-Dionigi, --- Pseudo-Dionisiĭ, --- Pseudo Dionisio, --- Psevdo-Dionise, --- Psevdo-Dionisii︠a︡, --- Eastern Orthodox Church --- Pravoslavnai︠a︡ vostochnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Holy Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Church --- Holy Orthodox Eastern Catholic and Apostolic Church --- Greek Church --- Orthodoxos Katholikē Ekklēsia --- Orthodoxos Katholikē kai Anatolikē Ekklēsia --- Kanīsah al-Sharqīyah --- Tung cheng chiao --- Kanīsat al-Masīḥ al-Sharqīyah al-Urthudhuksīyah --- Biserica Ortodoxă --- .كنيسة الشرقية الارثوذكسية --- Doctrines. --- Festschrift - Libri Amicorum --- pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita --- Dionysius Areopagita --- Denys l'Aréopagite --- Denys the Areopagite --- Dionysius de Areopagiet --- Dionysius --- Nutsubidze, Shalva, --- Rustʻveli, Šotʻa, --- Rustveli, Shota, --- Руствели, Шота, --- Pseudo-Dionysius, - the Areopagite --- Petrici, Ioane, - active 11th century-12th century --- Rustaveli, Shota, - active 12th century-13th century --- Nucʻubiże, Šalva, - 1888-1969

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The first woman known to have written in English, the fourteenth-century mystic Julian of Norwich has inspired generations of Christians with her reflections on the "motherhood" of Jesus, and her assurance that, despite evil, "all shall be well." In this book, Denise Baker reconsiders Julian not only as an eloquent and profound visionary but also as an evolving, sophisticated theologian of great originality. Focusing on Julian's Book of Showings, in which the author records a series of revelations she received during a critical illness in May 1373, Baker provides the first historical assessment of Julian's significance as a writer and thinker.Inscribing her visionary experience in the short version of her Showings, Julian contemplated the revelations for two decades before she achieved the understanding that enabled her to complete the long text. Baker first traces the genesis of Julian's visionary experience to the practice of affective piety, such as meditations on the life of Christ and, in the arts, a depiction of a suffering rather than triumphant Christ on the cross. Julian's innovations become apparent in the long text. By combining late medieval theology of salvation with the mystics' teachings on the nature of humankind, she arrives at compassionate, optimistic, and liberating conclusions regarding the presence of evil in the world, God's attitude toward sinners, and the possibility of universal salvation. She concludes her theodicy by comparing the connections between the Trinity and humankind to familial relationships, emphasizing Jesus' role as mother. Julian's strategy of revisions and her artistry come under scrutiny in the final chapter of this book, as Baker demonstrates how this writer brings her readers to reenact her own struggle in understanding the revelations.Originally published in 1994.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Mysticism --- History --- Aelred of Rievaulx. --- Aevum. --- Affective piety. --- Allusion. --- Analogy. --- Anchorite. --- Anno Domini. --- Anselm of Canterbury. --- Archetype. --- Augustine of Hippo. --- Augustinian theodicy. --- Augustinians. --- Bernard McGinn (theologian). --- Bernard of Clairvaux. --- Body of Christ. --- Canonical hours. --- Catharism. --- Christian. --- Christology. --- Church Fathers. --- Cistercians. --- Contrition. --- Curate. --- Damnation. --- Deity. --- Divine grace. --- Dualism. --- El Shaddai. --- Elaine Pagels. --- Erudition. --- Exegesis. --- Felix culpa. --- Glorification. --- God the Father. --- God the Son. --- God. --- Grace Jantzen. --- Hagiography. --- Hermeneutics. --- Hilda of Whitby. --- Iconography. --- Image of God. --- Immanence. --- Intercession. --- John Hick. --- John Meyendorff. --- John of Beverley. --- Julian May. --- Julian of Norwich. --- Justification (theology). --- Litany. --- Luttrell Psalter. --- Manichaeism. --- Manifestation of God. --- Margery Kempe. --- Mary Magdalene. --- Meister Eckhart. --- Messiah. --- Metonymy. --- Mysticism. --- Neoplatonism. --- Norwich Cathedral. --- Omnipotence. --- Omniscience. --- Origen. --- Parable. --- Patristics. --- Pelagianism. --- Penitential. --- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. --- Plotinus. --- Predestination. --- Prevenient grace. --- Problem of evil. --- Propitiation. --- Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. --- Purgatory. --- Ralph Manheim. --- Religion. --- Reprobation. --- Richard Rolle. --- Salvation. --- Sanctification. --- Scholasticism. --- Sermon. --- Sola gratia. --- Soteriology. --- Spirituality. --- Tertullian. --- The Book of Margery Kempe. --- The Mirror of Simple Souls. --- The Parson's Tale. --- Theodicy. --- Theology. --- Thomas Aquinas. --- Thomism. --- Treatise. --- Venial sin. --- Walter Hilton. --- William of Ockham. --- Julian,