2nd Hand - Classical Mediterranean Spirituality: Egyptian, Greek, Roman Edited By A H Armstrong

2nd hand paperback in excellant condition although a corner is missing fron title page.

contents include

• Histories: The faith of the Pharaonic period; the great Egyptian cults of ecumenical spiritual significance: the ancient and continuing pieties of the Greek world; the spirituality of Socrates and Plato; Aristotle, Epicureans and Stoics; Roman spirituality; the piety and prayers of ordinary men and women in late antiquity; Plutarch and second-century Platonism; Neoplatonist spirituality.
• Themes: Monotheistic and ploytheistic elements in classical Mediterranean spirituality; the love of beauty and the love of God; the city in ancient religious experience; the self in ancient experience; body and soul in ancient religious experience; the religious experience of time and eternity; cosmic piety' the spiritual guide; the spiritual importance of not knowing; in praise of nonsense.

paperback 518 pages 15.5x23.5x3.5cm