{"product_id":"9780879077600","title":"Mystagogy: A Monastic Reading of Dionysius Areopagita","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMystagogy: A Monastic Reading of Dionysius Areopagita\u003c\/i\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  \u003ci\u003eEcclesiastical Hierarchy\u003c\/i\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander Golitzin is professor emeritus of patristics at Marquette University and a bishop in the Orthodox Church. He specializes in the origins of Eastern   Christian ascetical and mystical tradition. He is the author of\u003c\/i\u003e Et introibo ad  altare Dei': The Mystagogy of Dionysius Areopagita \u003ci\u003e(Patriarchal Institute);  \u003c\/i\u003eSt. Symeon the New Theologian on the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, 3 vols.\u003ci\u003e (St Vladimir's Seminary Press); and \u003c\/i\u003eNew Light from the Holy Mountain\u003ci\u003e (St. Tikhon's Seminary Press), as well as several studies collected in   \u003c\/i\u003eThe Theophaneia School: Jewish Roots of Christian Mysticism, ed. AndreiOrlov and Basil Lurie (Gorgias). \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liturgical Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119960572144,"sku":"9780879077600","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780879077600_p0.jpg?v=1763842282","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780879077600","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}