Orthodox Mysticism and Asceticism

Download or read book Orthodox Mysticism and Asceticism written by Constantinos Athanasopoulos and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scholarly contributions gathered together in this volume discuss themes related to the cultural, social and ethical dimension of St Gregory Palamas’ works. They relate his mystical philosophy and theology to contemporary debates in metaphysics, philosophy of language, ethics, philosophy of culture, political philosophy, epistemology, and philosophy of religion and theology, among others. The book considers a variety of topics of special interest to Christian theologians, philosophers and art historians including church and state relations, similarities and differences between Palamas, contemporary phenomenologists and philosophers of language, and hesychast influences on late Byzantine iconography.