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Bezig met laden... From Image to Likeness: The Christian Journey into Goddoor William Simpson
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is a book of the Christian journey in life with correspondences with mystical journey. William Simpson uses the works of Thomas Traherne as his guide to what he wants to reveal about the unfolding of his life and by projection the reader's life. He wants to cross from mere image into likeness. He hopes to have survive our ptifalls into the clear light or the illuminative way, which for him is paramountly in prayer. Simpson is dinstinctly fearful of mystical phenomen, which he never fully explains. But beyond this is contemplation, the dark night, and then mystical union. Many writers have written on this. He makes special reference to Antony of Egypt. And the marriage of the lamb is an important metaphor. A good read, but it didn't all hold together. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Under the influence of Augustine, many Christian spiritualities dwell on human weakness and recommend a passive response to grace. According to such spiritualities, the most important fact about human beings is that we are sinners in need of salvation. In From Image to Likeness, William Simpson suggests that our human natures are unfinished and that the Christian spiritual journey finds its fullest expression when one's life reflects God's creative and sustaining activity. We are already bearers of the divine image because we are God's creatures, and we resemble that from which we came. We grow into the divine likeness as we cooperate with grace and begin to manifest God's presence in the world.By emphasizing the incarnational aspects of the Christian message, Simpson offers a traditionally rooted alternative to these Augustinian spiritualities. Here, the spiritual journey emerges not as a flight from one's wounded and corrupt nature, but as the ongoing discovery of one's true nature as a child of God. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)248.2Religions Christian Devotional Literature and Practical Theology Christian Life; experience and practice Religious experienceLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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