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Apatheia In The Christian Tradition: An Ancient Spirituality And Its Contemporary Relevance
Cascade Books
ISBN13:
9781532645167
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To many modern people, apatheia (being without suffering/without passion) sounds like cold-heartedness and indifference to others, a condition to be avoided. However, in the classical world and for many in the historic Christian church it was a spiritual state to aspire to. What exactly is apatheia? What is its origin? How has it been used in spiritual writings throughout the centuries of Christian practice? And how may it help us today to articulate a Christian understanding of the souls spiritual well-being? The central aim of the book is twofold: to rediscover the meaning and function of the Greek term apatheia as it was understood and employed by the Stoics in their philosophical and religious writings, and to explore how the theologians of the churchOrigen, Evagrius, John Cassian, Maximus, and Ignatius of Loyolainterpreted apatheia for their spiritual practice. Nguyen argues that the concept of apatheia in the Christian spiritual tradition connotes the state of spiritual peace or well-being of the human soul wherein excessive and negative emotionssuch as lust, excessive desire for food and drink, anger, envy, resentment, self-love, and prideare replaced by reasonable desires, love, and humility.
- | Author: Joseph H. Nguyen
- | Publisher: Cascade Books
- | Publication Date: Feb 21, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 94 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Religion
- | ISBN-10: 1532645163
- | ISBN-13: 9781532645167
- Author:
- Joseph H. Nguyen
- Publisher:
- Cascade Books
- Publication Date:
- Feb 21, 2018
- Number of pages:
- 94 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback/Religion
- ISBN-10:
- 1532645163
- ISBN-13:
- 9781532645167