“Hesychasm is a monastic movement whose origins go back to the Fathers of the desert. It cannot, indeed, claim to be the only ‘orthodox’ mysticism, which has always taken varied forms, as it still does today. But Palamas himself can be called a master of ‘orthodox mysticism’ inasmuch as his work transcends the limits of one school of spirituality and renews in its deepest essence the life of the Christian Mystery.” —“Introduction”
CONTENTS
Introduction The Spiritual Tradition of the Monks of the East Primitive Monasticism Evagrius of Pontus (†399) and Pure Prayer Macarius and Mysticism of the Heart The Prayer of Jesus Doctrine of Deification: Gregory of Nyssa and Maximus Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022) Byzantine Hesychasm up to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries Primitive Monasticism Gregory Palamas Theologian of Hesychasm Youth The Controversy with Barlaam and Akindynus The Theology of Hesychasm A Christian Existentialism Hesychasm After Palamas In the Christian East from the Fourteenth Century to Today The Hesychast Tradition in Russia Conclusion Chronology Notes on the Illustrations Index
Item Number: BKV436 Publication Data: Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1998 Format: softcover Number of Pages: vi + 185 Dimensions (l × w × h): 18.4 cm × 12.7 cm × 1.1 cm Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations ISBN: 0‒913836‒11‒7
