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Nichifor Crainic and the Romanian Orthodox Mystique
Nichifor Crainic and the Romanian Orthodox Mystique

Author(s): Ioan Emanuel Căşvean
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Asociaţiunea Transilvană pentru Literatura Română şi Cultura Poporului Român - ASTRA
Keywords: Meister Eckhart; German mystique; Song of the Chalice.

Summary/Abstract: The present study analyses the theological work of Nichifor Crainic as well as the specific factors of his poetic research,this article aims to highlight his philosophical and theologian contribution, concerning the Orthodox mysticism. In this regard his initiatives are of highly importance because he introduced the mystique as a discipline in the theological academic space, and through his writings and ideas, Crainic contributed to the creation of a true science of mysticism. His ideas will be of great influence on hi theological successors Ioan G. Savin, Dumitru Stăniloae or Nicolae Mladin.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: Sup. 1
  • Page Range: 47-53
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English