The Secret of the Christian Way: A Contemplative Ascent through the Writings of Jean BorellaState University of New York Press, 2001 M02 1 - 215 pages 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. |
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Page viii
... philosophers and theologians—I mean those who are truly such, truly “in the tradition”—Borella stands out by virtue of two salient characteristics: the striking depth and universality of his thought. A born philosopher, he is, by his ...
... philosophers and theologians—I mean those who are truly such, truly “in the tradition”—Borella stands out by virtue of two salient characteristics: the striking depth and universality of his thought. A born philosopher, he is, by his ...
Page ix
... philosophical point.4 Such striking coherence, moreover, is altogether typical of Borella's work, whether we take it ... philosophical doctrine of Platonist inspiration, which Borella on occasion terms symbolic realism. It is this ...
... philosophical point.4 Such striking coherence, moreover, is altogether typical of Borella's work, whether we take it ... philosophical doctrine of Platonist inspiration, which Borella on occasion terms symbolic realism. It is this ...
Page x
... philosophical thought. He begins by recalling the proclamation, delivered in 1950 by Pope Pius XII, which affirms dogmatically that “Mary, after having completed the course of her earthly life, was raised up, body and soul, to heavenly ...
... philosophical thought. He begins by recalling the proclamation, delivered in 1950 by Pope Pius XII, which affirms dogmatically that “Mary, after having completed the course of her earthly life, was raised up, body and soul, to heavenly ...
Page xi
... philosophical contribution of the first tank. It provides, perhaps for the first time, a rigorous metaphysical basis ... philosophical question that is not illumined, and in a way transformed, by this absolutely basic recognition. One ...
... philosophical contribution of the first tank. It provides, perhaps for the first time, a rigorous metaphysical basis ... philosophical question that is not illumined, and in a way transformed, by this absolutely basic recognition. One ...
Page xiii
... philosophical reflections typically tend to culminate in exegetical commentary on some scriptural passage or theological theme; and I would add that when this happens one is invariable struck by the sheer grandeur of what is thus ...
... philosophical reflections typically tend to culminate in exegetical commentary on some scriptural passage or theological theme; and I would add that when this happens one is invariable struck by the sheer grandeur of what is thus ...
Contents
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The First Stage | 29 |
The Second Stage | 41 |
The Third Stage | 71 |
The Fourth Stage 89 | 87 |
in the Old Testament | 103 |
The Fifth Stage | 115 |
The Sixth Stage | 131 |
The Essence and Forms of the Body of Christ | 153 |
The Body of Christ and the Work of Salvation | 163 |
The Metaphysics of the Eternal Exposition | 173 |
Endnotes | 181 |
Select Bibliography | 205 |
Scriptural Index | 213 |
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