The Philokalia : a classic text of Orthodox spirituality /
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| Imprint: | New York : Oxford University Press, c2012. |
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| Description: | xvi, 349 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8920098 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Abbreviations Used
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part 1. History
- 1. St. Nikodimos and the Philokalia
- 2. The Making of the Philokalia: A Tale of Monks and Manuscripts
- 3. The Influence of the Philokalia in the Orthodox World
- 4. Conversing with the World by Commenting on the Fathers: Fr. Dumitru Staniloae and the Romanian Edition of the Philokalia
- Part 2. Theological Foundations
- 5. The Luminous Word: Scripture in the Philokalia
- 6. Concerning Those Who Imagine That They Are Justified by Works: The Gospel According to St. Mark-the Monk
- 7. The Theological World of the Philokalia
- 8. Tradition and Creativity in the Construction and Reading of the Philokalia
- 9. Becoming a Spiritual World of God: The Theological Anthropology of Maximus the Confessor
- 10. The Ecclesiology of the Philokalia
- 11. Evagrius in the Philokalia of Sts. Macarius and Nicodemus
- Part 3. Spiritual Practices
- 12. The Place of the Jesus Prayer in the Philokalia
- 13. Uses and Abuses of Spiritual Authority in the Writings of St. Symeon the New Theologian
- 14. Hope for the Passible Self: The Use and Transformation of the Human Passions in the Fathers of the Philokalia
- 15. Healing, Psychotherapy, and the Philokalia
- 16. The Philokalia and Regulative Virtue Epistemology: A Look at Maximus the Confessor
- 17. Women in the Philokalia?
- 18. Solitude, Silence, and Stillness: Light from the Palestinian Desert
- Notes
- Name Index
- Subject Index
