The Force of Union
Subtitle: Affect and Ascent in the Theology of Bonaventure
Contributors: Hollywood, Amy; Jordan, Mark D.; Madigan, Kevin
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Description: The image of love as a burning flame is so widespread in the history of Christian literature as to appear inevitable. But as this dissertation explores, the association of amor with fire played a precise and wide-ranging role in Bonaventure's understanding of the soul's motive power--its capacity to love and be united with God, especially as that capacity was demonstrated in an exemplary way through the spiritual ascent and death of St. Francis.
Notes: Keywords: affect, Bonaventure, Franciscan, mysticism.

Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2012