TY - MANSCPT AU - Louth,Andrew TI - The origins of the Christian mystical tradition: from Plato to Denys SN - 9780199291403 (pbk. : alk. paper) : AV - BV5075 .L68 2007 U1 - 248.2/209015 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Mysticism KW - History KW - Early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Fathers of the church N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-222) and index; Plato -- Philo -- Plotinus -- Origen -- Nicene orthodoxy: Athanasius ; Gregory of Nyssa -- The monastic contribution: Evagrius of Pontus ; the Macarian Homilies ; Diadochus of Photic e -- Augustine -- Denys the Areopagite -- Patristic mysticism and St. John of the Cross ; Divine darkness and the dark night -- The mystical life and the mystical body: Platonism and mysticism ; the communion of saints UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0737/2007297160-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0737/2007297160-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0737/2007297160-t.html ER -