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Staging Contemplation

Participatory Theology in Middle English Prose, Verse, and Drama

Staging Contemplation( )
Author: Johnson, Eleanor
ISBN:978-0-226-57203-1
Publication Date:Aug 2018
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $99.00
Book Description:

What does it mean to contemplate? In the Middle Ages, more than merely thinking with intensity, it was a religious practice entailing utter receptiveness to the divine presence. Contemplation is widely considered by scholars today to have been the highest form of devotional prayer, a rarified means of experiencing God practiced only by the most devout of monks, nuns, and mystics.             Yet, in this...
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Book Details
Pages:256
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Medieval
Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Religion
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.9 Inches
Book Weight:1.13 Pounds



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