Arguing that there is a close relationship between aspects of the literature of Western spirituality and evolving ideas of the person, this book uses the gospel narratives of Transfiguration to chart the interaction between literature and theology in producing certain historically-conditioned interpretations of what it means to be a person. The general argument is placed in the context of modern debates about personal identity and the idea of the self. There are chapters on the New Testament, Origen of Alexandria, Julian of Norwich, Erasmus, William Law and John Henry Newman.
- ISBN10 031212077X
- ISBN13 9780312120771
- Publish Date 31 December 1994 (first published 15 March 1994)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 November 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St. Martin's Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 202
- Language English