The Philokalia and the Inner Life: On Passions and Prayer

by Christopher C.H. Cook

The Philokalia was published in Venice in 1782. It is an anthology of patristic writings from the Eastern Church, spanning the 4th to the 15th Centuries, which has been the subsequent focus of a significant revival in Orthodox spirituality. It presents an understanding of psychopathology and mental life which is significantly different to that usually encountered in western Christianity. It also presents accounts of both mental wellbeing and the pathologies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0227173422
• ISBN13: 9780227173428
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: James Clarke Company
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"