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PublisherSTATE University of New York Press

ISBN-100791448436

ISBN-139780791448434

eBay Product ID (ePID)1714658

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Number of Pages215 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameSecret of the Christian Way : a Contemplative Ascent Through the Writings of Jean Borella

SubjectMysticism, Christianity / Catholic, Prayer

Publication Year2001

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReligion

AuthorJean Borella

SeriesSuny Series in Western Esoteric Traditions Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight15.2 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

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Reviews"A noted French professor of Christian theology, Borella combines careful historical scholarship with traditionalist (largely Guenonian) metaphysics to produce a series of poetically charged meditations on the Christian mysteries, which together constitute a kind of 'esoteric systematic theology.' This is unlike any other work I know. There are, of course, many other systematic approaches to doctrine, other sensitive analyses of fundamental religious symbols, and other claims to uncovering the esoteric essence of the Christian tradition. But this book combines them all, in a way that is consistently fresh and yet always thoughtfully grounded." -- James S. Cutsinger, author of Advice to the Serious Seeker: Meditations on the Teaching of Frithjof Schuon "By showing that authentic gnosticism is an example of the esoteric current found in all religion, this book balances many superficial judgments about gnosticism. It is an exceptionally penetrating view of a fascinating and widely misunderstood subject." -- Jacob Needleman, author of Time and the Soul and coeditor of Modern Esoteric Spirituality

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Table Of ContentForeword Preface Acknowledgments Prologue The Gnosis with a True Name The First Stage Contemplating God through His Vestiges in the Universe 1. Trinity and Creation The Second Stage Contemplating God in His Vestiges in the Sense World 2. The Inevitable "Failure" of Nicholas of Cusa 3. The Essence of the Symbol The Third Stage Contemplating God through His Image Stamped upon Our Natural Powers 4. The Constitution of Man According to the New Testament The Fourth Stage Contemplating God in His Image Reformed by the Gifts of Grace 5. Love and Gnosis in the Crucified Mediator 6. The Human Ternary and the Opening of the Heart in the Old Testament The Fifth Stage Contemplating the Divine Unity through Its Primary Name which Is Being 7. Love of Self and Love of God The Sixth Stage Contemplating the Most Blessed Trinity in Its Name which is Good 8. The Trinitarian Functions of the Hypostases The Seventh Stage The Sabbath of Rest and Ecstasy 9. The Essence and Forms of the "Body of Christ" 10. The "Body of Christ" and the Work of Salvation 11. The Metaphysics of the Eternal Exposition Endnotes Select Bibliography Name and Theme Index Scriptural Index

SynopsisA selection of key writings from the French religious philosopher, Jean Borella. Gathering key writings from the French religious philosopher Jean Borella's works, this book moves the reader from the immediacy of the physical world to a world deep within ourselves. Throughout Borella's writings, there is a "resurrectional" power to his words, a way of seeing things that "makes all things new," that endows us with an ability to look anew on Christ and his Body the Church. Translator and editor G. John Champoux has used a selection from Saint Bonaventure's The Soul's Journey into God to preface each of Borella's writings and to show how these insights can take us from our ordinary surroundings into our innermost world., Gathering key writings from the French religious philosopher Jean Borella's works, this book moves the reader from the immediacy of the physical world to a world deep within ourselves. Throughout Borella's writings, there is a "resurrectional" power to his words, a way of seeing things that "makes all things new," that endows us with an ability to look anew on Christ and his Body the Church. Translator and editor G. John Champoux has used a selection from Saint Bonaventure's The Soul's Journey into God to preface each of Borella's writings and to show how these insights can take us from our ordinary surroundings into our innermost world.

LC Classification NumberB2430.B58761C48 2001