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TEXTS available to download from this page are generally intended to supplement the assigned reading from Tyson and Tugwell, given in the syllabus.
CLASS NOTES: This 244-page document contains selections from spiritual writers through the seventh century A.D. Included are: Plato's Republic, Philo of Alexandria, The Martyrdom of Perpetua; Cyprian of Carthage, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Evagrius Ponticus, The Dialogues of Gregory the Great; The Mystical Theology of Dionysius the Areopagite.
Spiritual History Timeline (The same timeline available in the lectures)
JONES, Cheslyn, ed. The Study of Spirituality, (Oxford University Press, 1986) [MS-Word doc]
1) Jewish and Ancient Mediterranean Spirituality:
Paul The Convert: The Apostolate and Apostasy of Saul the Pharisee, Alan F. Segal ch, 2; Scholarly discussion of St. Paul's mysticism.
Ilsetraut Hadot, The Spiritual Guide
Three pre-Christian Models of the Soul-Guide: Plato, Enoch, Cicero.
Galen, On the Doctrines of Plato and Hippocrates; On the Diagnosis and Cure of the Soul's Passions (ch 1-8),
Porphyry, The Life of Plotinus
2) Apophatic and Kataphatic Theology: The Spirituality of the New Testament:
Apophatic and Kataphatic Theology (Fundamental Biblical Texts; Select Bibliography)
3) Prayer and Mystical Vision in the Persecuted Church:
Ignatius of Antioch; Irenaeus; Polycarp of Smyrna; Cyprian; Tertullian
4) Christian Middle- and Neo-Platonism and the Beginnings of Mystical Theology:
Philo; Clement of Alexandria; Origen; Plotinus.
5) Christological Controversies and the meaning of Theosis:
Athanasius; Macrina; Basil and Gregory of Nyssa (on psalmody, prayer, epektasis); , Gregory Nazianzen; Gregory of Nyssa
6) Early Monastic Spirituality:
Antony; Pachomius; Evagrius; The Sayings (Apophthegmata) and Lives of the Desert Fathers; Sulpicius Severus; Martin; (Pseudo-)Macarius; John Cassian; Benedict.(sel.)