Bernard McGinn (University of Chicago)
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Cosponsored by the Medieval Studies Workshop
Participants will be provided with a complimentary copy ofPseudo Dionysius: The Complete Works (Paulist Press).
This master class is open to graduate and undergraduate students, including non-University of Chicago students. Space is limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
This one-time Seminar will discuss the writings of the mysterious Eastern monk (ca. 500 C.E.) who hid his identity under the name of the Athenian Dionysius of the Areopagus mentioned in Acts 17:32. These texts, thought to be quasi-apostolic for centuries, were among the most influential in the history of Christian theology and mysticism. The translation used will be that of Colm Luibheid, Pseudo-Dionysius. The Complete Works (New York: Paulist Press, 1987. The Classics of Western Spirituality). We will discuss specific sections of these writings, but participants are encouraged to read as much of the whole as they are able (240 pp. in this translation).