Orthodox Mysticism and Asceticism

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Orthodox Mysticism and Asceticism is written by Constantinos Athanasopoulos and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1527558800 (ISBN 10) and 9781527558809 (ISBN 13).

The scholarly contributions gathered together in this volume discuss themes related to the cultural, social and ethical dimension of St Gregory Palamas’ works. They relate his mystical philosophy and theology to contemporary debates in metaphysics, philosophy of language, ethics, philosophy of culture, political philosophy, epistemology, and philosophy of religion and theology, among others. The book considers a variety of topics of special interest to Christian theologians, philosophers and art historians including church and state relations, similarities and differences between Palamas, contemporary phenomenologists and philosophers of language, and hesychast influences on late Byzantine iconography.