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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963454303321

Autore

Coolman Boyd Taylor <1966->

Titolo

Knowing God by experience : the spiritual senses in the theology of William of Auxerre / / Boyd Taylor Coolman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2004

ISBN

0-8132-1594-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Disciplina

230/.2/092

Soggetti

God (Christianity) - Knowableness - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Experience (Religion) - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Senses and sensation - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-247) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A synaesthetic beatific vision -- The manifold effects of the metaphysical good -- The Trinity as manifold delectable -- Creation : the manifestation of the delectabilia divina -- The virtue of faith : knowledge of God in a visual mode -- The virtue of charity : love of God in a tactile mode -- Symbolic theology : exterior perception of God's effects -- Mystical theology : interior perception of God's effects -- Taste and see : the spiritual senses and the Eucharist -- Conclusion : spiritual apprehension : the spiritual senses and the knowledge of God.

Sommario/riassunto

This book, the first English-language monograph on William of Auxerre, traces the motif of the spiritual senses through his Summa Aurea, using it as an illuminating and unifying lens through which to appreciate his theology.