Randall Smith

Bonaventure's 'Journey of the Soul into God'

Context and Commentary

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Produktbeschreibung

Saint Bonaventure's Journey of the Soul into God is one of the most important works in the Christian mystical tradition. In this volume, Randall Smith provides the first comprehensive commentary in English of Bonaventure's classic text. He situates the work within its historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009525220
• ISBN-10: 1009525220
• Artikelnr.: 70898076

Autorenporträt

Randall Smith is Full Professor in the Department of Theology at the University of St. Thomas, Houston. He is the author of five books, among them Aquinas, Bonaventure and the Scholastic Culture of Medieval Paris (Cambridge, 2021).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Part I. Background and Context of the Itinerarium: 1. Bonaventure, the Franciscans, and the Homiletic Revolution of the Thirteenth Century
Sermo Modernus-Style Preaching and the Itinerarium: 2. Recognizing the Divisions as the Framework of the Text
3. Where Did Bonaventure Get His Divisions?
4. Bonaventure and the Nine Choirs of Angels
5. Dilatatio: Methods of 'Unfolding' a Sermon
6. Imagery as a Structuring Device
7. Leading the Mind Back and Up to God: The Reduction of the Arts to Theology and the Itinerarium
Part II. Commentary: 8. Looking Outside: The Preface and First Pair of Wings
9. Looking Inside: The Second Pair of Wings
10. Looking Above: The Third Pair of Wings and the Crucified Christ
11. Concluding Remarks
Appendix: Analytic Outline of the Itinerarium.