Père Marquette Lecture in Theology

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Sensing God? Reconsidering the Patristic Doctrine of ""Spiritual Sensation"" for Contemporary Theology and Ethics

by Sarah Coakley

Published 30 September 2022

This study provides a new critical assessment of Jean Daniélou's classic rendition of the theme of "spiritual sensation" in the work of Gregory of Nyssa, arguing that it has surprising wider relevance for such pressing contemporary cultural problems as racism, sexism and addiction to pornography.