The Spiritual Tradition in Eastern Christianity: Ascetic Psychology, Mystical Experience, and Physical Practices

by Dt Bradford and David T. Bradford

The Spiritual Tradition in Eastern Christianity is a comprehensive survey of the means, goals, and motivations of the ascetic life as represented in texts spanning the fourth and the nineteenth century. Contemporary examples are also included. The main themes are the dynamics of the soul, the disabling effects of the passions, mental and physical asceticism, the desirable condition of dispassion, and the experience of deification. A variety...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9042932848
• ISBN13: 9789042932845
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"