Partakers of the Divine: Contemplation and the Practice of Philosophy - Softcover

Sherman, Jacob Holsinger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1451474717 ISBN 13: 9781451474718

Publisher: Fortress Press, 2014

Synopsis

Exploring the meeting of mystical and philosophical theology, Partakers of the Divine shows that Christian philosophical and contemplative practices arose together and that throughout much of Christian history, philosophy, theology, and contemplation remained internal to one another. Sherman demonstrates that the relation of philosophy, theology, and contemplation to one another provides theologians and philosophers of religion today with a way forward beyond many of the stalemates that have beset discussions about faith and reason, the role of religion in contemporary culture, and the challenges of modernity and postmodernity.

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About the Author

Jacob Holsinger Sherman is lecturer in philosophy of religion at the University of Cambridge.He has beenassistant professor of philosophy and religion at the California Institute of Integral Studies,a visiting fellow in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, and a visiting lecturer in the philosophy of religion at King's College London. In addition to articles published in journals such as Modern Theology, Heythrop Journal, Spiritus,and Religious Studies, he is co-editor of The Participatory Turn: Spirituality, Mysticism, and Religious Studies (2008). Partakers of the Divine (Fortress,2014) is a revision of a dissertation completed at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Douglas Hedley and Catherine Pickstock.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1451474717
• ISBN 13: 9781451474718
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 283