Sentences with phrase «contemplative understanding»

That earlier view had also held that contemplative understanding of God comes by way of love for God.

For third - century Christians sapientia, contemplative understanding, might here and now yield human fulfillment in vision's union with God.

The heart of Christian life is contemplative understanding of God.

Cultural situations in which contemplative understanding of God thrives tend to be highly homogeneous and intolerant of pluralism.

view, Aristotle had rightly held that understanding of human behavior in politics and ethics has to be practical and not contemplative understanding because behavior is so changeable.

To recognize that the world is a home for our contemplative understanding and that this ecstatic existence fulfills our nature is to recognize the goodness of the world.

But note: This does not of itself exclude either contemplative understanding or affective understanding of God.

That is compatible with at least three of the senses of «understanding God» we sorted out above (contemplative understanding; discursive understanding; affective understanding) and perhaps with some versions of the fourth (understanding in and through action).

Not exact matches

«Contemplatives and poets,» insisted Maritain, «understand each other.»

In defining the complex notion of wisdom, Deane - Drummond introduces the concept of wisdom as an understanding of different facets of reality, a contemplative «way of knowing» lost by modern science with its focus on specific discoveries.

It can only be understood in the context of a profoundly personal relationship between the individual and Christ, which is why it is considered primarily as a contemplative vocation.

The contemplative's love, compassion and understanding awaken in the harlot deep longings for that which is life - giving.

His thought takes the form of contemplative involvement in the stuff of existence; it is best understood as a type of American spirituality.

Instead the purpose of the Varieties of Contemplative Experience study was to provide detailed descriptions of experiences and to start to understand the multiple ways they are interpreted, why they might happen and what meditators and teachers do to deal with them.

His vessel for understanding this is undeniably odd, but there's a beauty to the slow - moving contemplative child - like ghost covered in a white sheet that observes life as it happens.

Spalletti's works are often described as contemplative, motivating the viewer to encounter them from many different angles, working to understand objects that seem to defy space.

I was trained in Contemplative Psychotherapy and bring an understanding of mindfulness and an emphasis in creating a nonjudgmental, open space for therapy.