Toward a Theology of Eros: Transfiguring Passion at the Limits of DisciplineVirginia Burrus, Catherine Keller Fordham Univ Press, 25 aug 2009 - 408 pagina's What does theology have to say about the place of eroticism in the salvific transformation of men and women, even of the cosmos itself? How, in turn, does eros infuse theological practice and transfigure doctrinal tropes? Avoiding the well-worn path of sexual moralizing while also departing decisively from Anders Nygren’s influential insistence that Christian agape must have nothing to do with worldly eros, this book explores what is still largely uncharted territory in the realm of theological erotics. The ascetic, the mystical, the seductive, the ecstatic—these are the places where the divine and the erotic may be seen to converge and love and desire to commingle. |
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... ancient erotics that we associated with Christianity.63 It seems to me, then, that Jowett was exactly right in his conclusion that Diotima has taught him that love is another aspect of philosophy. 20 toward a theology of eros.
... of wanting a neatly transitive three-way: Socrates as eraste ̄s only to Alcibiades, Alcibiades as only eraste ̄s to Agathon. As if. Socrates plans to play pais to both. The end and immediate aftermath of the speech seem to mark d. jordan 27.
... seem to confirm Socratic chastity and to mark Alcibiades as an object lesson in misplaced desire. The Dionysian speech confirms negatively Diotima's teaching about the need to transcend the bodies. Alcibiades could not transcend—and ...
... seems the happy opposite to Alcibiades. He has moved up the ladder of love to a vision of the supreme Light. The Light has convicted him as it consoled him, and so he seeks to become worthy of it. To become worthy, he must be unchained ...
... seem that Paul is a blunter or more simple-minded Alcibiades. Perhaps he is—and to his credit. Alcibiades acknowledged that he spoke in ''images'' about images of the (Dionysian?) divine in Socrates. He meant to barter himself for what ...
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63 | |
PART III SACRED SUFFERING SUBLIME SEDUCTION | 167 |
PART IV COSMOS EROS CREATIVITY | 219 |
PART V REREADING THE SONG OF SONGS | 289 |
A Theology of Eros After Transfiguring Passion | 366 |
Notes | 375 |
Contributors | 465 |
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