Producing life: Meister Eckhart, postmodern spirituality, and the 'poverty of thought'
In the wake of Heidegger’s deconstruction of Occidental metaphysics, contemporary philosophy and theology have mostly subscribed to a passive, kenotic ideal of reason. Often this paradigm of ‘weak thought’ is associated with Meister Eckhart’s doctrine of ‘detachment’ (Gelassenheit), which invites ma...
| Published in: | Studies in spirituality |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
[2016]
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| In: |
Studies in spirituality
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Postmodernism
B Spirituality B Peer reviewed B Faith and reason B Passivity (Psychology) B Eckhart, Meister, 1260?-1327 B Postmodern theology B Theological Anthropology Christianity History of doctrines 0600-1500 B Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) B Mysticism 0600-1500 |
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| Summary: | In the wake of Heidegger’s deconstruction of Occidental metaphysics, contemporary philosophy and theology have mostly subscribed to a passive, kenotic ideal of reason. Often this paradigm of ‘weak thought’ is associated with Meister Eckhart’s doctrine of ‘detachment’ (Gelassenheit), which invites man to renounce all his activity and become completely passive and receptive to the influence of God’s grace. This paper intends to call into question the tacit identification between ‘weak reason’ and Eckhart’s ideal of ‘poor reason’ by re-examining his theory of the intellect. |
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| ISSN: | 0926-6453 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in spirituality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/SIS.26.0.3180808 |