02640 am 22004573u 450 991016274370332120170922081341.00-8232-7213-30-8232-7216-8(CKB)3710000000908901(MiAaPQ)EBC4681084(OCoLC)961151843(MdBmJHUP)muse52665(OCoLC)1030818003(ScCtBLL)bd3ba45a-87e7-4f7c-8b1d-d530aa9ee13f(EXLCZ)99371000000090890120161111h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe weight of love affect, ecstasy, and union in the theology of Bonaventure /Robert Glenn DavisNew York :Fordham University Press,2017.©20171 online resource (208 pages)0-8232-7212-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.The Seraphic Doctrine : love and knowledge in the Dionysian hierarchy -- Affect, cognition, and the natural motion of the will -- Elemental motion and the force of union -- Hierarchy and excess in the Itinerarium Mentis in Deum -- The exemplary bodies of the Legenda Maior.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.LoveReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrinesMiddle Ages, 600-1500LoveReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrines241/.4Davis Robert Glenn952065MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910162743703321The weight of love2152414UNINA