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...

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Main Author: Roesner, Martina 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters [2016]
In: Studies in spirituality
Year: 2016, Volume: 26, Pages: 197-215
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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