Ecstasy in the Classroom : : Trance, Self, and the Academic Profession in Medieval Paris / / Ayelet Even-Ezra.
Can ecstatic experiences be studied with the academic instruments of rational investigation? What kinds of religious illumination are experienced by academically minded people? And what is the specific nature of the knowledge of God that university theologians of the Middle Ages enjoyed compared wit...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2018] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Fordham Series in Medieval Studies
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter One. Why was Paul ignorant of his own state, and how do various modes of cognizing God differ?
- Chapter Two. How could Paul remember his rapture?
- Chapter Three. Can a soul see God or itself without intermediaries?
- Chapter Four. Does true faith rely on anything external?
- Chapter Five. What happens to old modes of cognition when new ones are introduced during trance and other transitions?
- Chapter Six. Can knowledge qua knowledge be a virtue?
- Summary and Epilogue
- Appendix
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index