{"product_id":"mystagogy-a-monastic-reading-of-dionysius-areopagita-volume-250-9780879072506","title":"Mystagogy: A Monastic Reading of Dionysius Areopagita Volume 250","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMystagogy: A Monastic Reading of Dionysius Areopagita\u003c\/em\u003e proposes an interpretation of the Pseudo-Dionysian corpus in light of the liturgical and ascetic tradition that defined the author and his audience. Characterized by both striking originality and remarkable fidelity to the patristic and late neoplatonic traditions, the Dionysian corpus is a coherent and unified structure, whose core and pivot is the treatise known as the \u003cem\u003eEcclesiastical Hierarchy\u003c\/em\u003e. Given Pseudo-Dionysius' fundamental continuity with earlier Christian theology and spirituality, it is not surprising that the church, and in particular the ascetic community, recognized that this theological synthesis articulated its own fundamental experience and aspirations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGolitzin, Alexander:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Golitzin\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of patristics at Marquette University and a bishop of the Orthodox Church in America. A specialist in the origins of Eastern Christian ascetical and mystical tradition, he is the author of\u003ci\u003e 'Et introibo ad altare Dei': The Mystagogy of Dionysius Areopagita\u003c\/i\u003e (Thessaloniki, 1994); \u003ci\u003eSaint Symeon the New Theologian on the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, \u003c\/i\u003e 3 vols.(Saint Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1995-97); and \u003ci\u003eNew Light from the Holy Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e (Saint Tikhon's Seminary Press, 1996), as well as several studies collected in \u003ci\u003eThe Theophaneia School: Jewish Roots of Christian Mysticism, \u003c\/i\u003e ed. A. Orlov and B. Lurie (Gorgias Press, 2009).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cistercian Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50414192787730,"sku":"9780879072506","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1cfbcf1e-ae00-4fd8-b272-82926d73ee34.jpg?v=1729361416","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mystagogy-a-monastic-reading-of-dionysius-areopagita-volume-250-9780879072506","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}