TY - MANSCPT AU - Sherman,Jacob H. TI - Partakers of the divine: contemplation and the practice of philosophy SN - 9781451474718 (pbk) AV - BT40 .S547 2014 U1 - 230.01 She 2014 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Minneapolis PB - Fortress Press KW - Anselm, KW - Nicholas, KW - Philosophical theology KW - Contemplation N1 - Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Cambridge, 2011; Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-275) and index N2 - "Exploring the meeting of mystical and philosophical theology, Partakers of the Divine shows that Christian philosophical and contemplative practices arose together and that throughout much of Christian history, philosophy, theology and contemplation remained internal to one another. In this compelling volume, Jacob Holsinger Sherman demonstrates that the relation of philosophy, theology and contemplation to one another provides theologians and philosophers of religion today with a way forward beyond many of the stalemates that have beset discussions about faith and reason, the role of religion in contemporary culture, and the challenges of modernity and postmodernity"--Page 4 of cover ER -