2 papers in the library · 2 citations · publishing 2018-2020
The Oxford Handbook of Mystical Theology February 25, 2020 Peter Tyler
‘Prayer is nothing but an intimate sharing between friends’: so St Teresa of Avila describes the nature of Christian prayer from the perspective of the Western tradition of mystical theology. In this chapter two key aspects of this tradition are explored: the Neoplatonic and the Augustinian. The first, Neoplatonic tradition derives from the Platonic tradition of theosis which although never...
Buddhist-Christian Studies 2018 Peter Tyler 2 citations
The article explores the practice of oracin mental in the Iberian schools of the sixteenth century "Golden Age," concentrating on the works of two authors: the Exercitatorio de la vida spiritual / Exercitatorium vite spiritualis of Garca Jimnez de Cisneros (1455-1510), abbot of Montserrat from 1493 to 1510 and El Libro de la Vida of St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), reformer and first prioress...