John of the Cross: Desire, Transformation, and Selfhood 1st Edition Sam Hole

John of the Cross: Desire, Transformation, and Selfhood 1st Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780198863069,0198863063,9780192608130, 0192608134

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 0192608134
• ISBN-13: 9780192608130
• Author: Sam Hole

Through the ‘dark night of the soul’ to the depiction of the erotically-charged union of the soul and God, the poetry and prose works of the Spanish friar John of the Cross (1542-1591) offer a striking account of the transformation of the individual in the course of the Christian life. John of the Cross: Desire, Transformation, and Selfhood argues that these writings are animated by John’s own creative and subtly conceptualized notion of erotic desire. John’s understanding of desire has the potential to enrich recent theological discussion of the subject, but it has been curiously neglected in past scholarship.

Table contents:

1. The neglect of desire: Modern reception of John of the Cross

2. Desire and the spiritual ascent

3. Language, form, and imagery in John’s poetry

4. The ‘dark night of the soul’ and the purification of desire

5. Union in the Canticle and Flame

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