Partakers of the divine
Subtitle: contemplation and the practice of philosophy
By: Jacob Holsinger Sherman
Series: Emerging scholars
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9781451474718; 9781451480252
Subjects: Philosophical theology; Contemplation
Description: "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. In this compelling volume, Jacob Holsinger 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"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Cambridge, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-275) and index.