The Mystic Road of Love

by Dunne, John S.

• ISBN13: 9780268014469
• ISBN10: 0268014469
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Univ of Notre Dame Pr

Author Biography

John S. Dunne holds the John A. O'Brien Chair in Theology at the University of Notre Dame.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Setting Out	1	(12)
The Way Below	13	(56)
``The soul stands forever at her source''	15	(8)
``Love's power of remembrance''	23	(9)
The soul ``in converse with the inscrutable''	32	(9)
The Gate of Horn and the Gate of Ivory	41	(9)
``Love is the reality''	50	(9)
``It was the word beyond speech''	59	(10)
The Way Above	69	(42)
Ayasofya: Wisdom as Guide	71	(10)
Eros: Love as Longing	81	(9)
Philia: Love as Friendship	90	(9)
Agape: Love as of God	99	(12)
The Mystic Road of Love	111	(12)
Song and Dance Cycles	123	(14)
The Green Child	125	(6)
The Well at the World's End	131	(6)
A Note on the Dante-Riemann Universe	137	(6)
Notes	143	(20)
Index	163