An Inquiry into Genuine Mystery as a Transcendent, Uplifting and Illuminating Presence, with Particular Attention to the Life and Thought of Simone Weil
Publication Type |
Thesis |
Year of Publication |
1998 |
Author |
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Publisher |
Princeton Theological Seminary |
Place Published |
New Jersey |
Work Type |
Diss |
Language |
English |
Advisor |
Allen, Diogenes |
Keywords |
affliction (malheur) |
Annotation |
This dissertation focuses on what Elliot terms ‘genuine mystery’. Simone Weil’s experiences as documented in her writing are used as illustrations and examples of such mystery and form the subject matter of four of the dissertation’s eight chapters. Of particular interest to Elliot, is Weil’s epistemology, especially what he terms ‘objective orientation’ to mystery, her understanding of mystery as exemplified in her work including but not limited to her writing on necessity, grace, affliction, beauty and metaxu and finally her ‘engagement with mystery’ found in her writing especially on attention, love, decreation, reading, analogy and attention. Elliot also compares Weil’s work on and understanding of mystery to that of Gabriel Marcel and Karl Rahner. |