Robert Glenn Davis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3595179 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Glenn Davis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert Glenn |
| FAMILY NAME | Davis |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIS R G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fordham University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Dark Figures
Prayer and the Art of Literature in Anselm of Canterbury's Proslogion
This article reads the Proslogion of the medieval theologian Anselm of Canterbury as a drama of seeking and finding God. It guides the reader through a process of rhetorical inventio, with all of its attendant risks, pleasures, and discontents. The text opens a space or gap of desire, speaking in the voice of the soul who seeks anxiously to find (invenire) God but turns up only absence. The "I" who speaks and addresses itself to itself and to God…
The Weight of Love
Supplementing theological interpretation with historical, literary, and philosophical perspectives, 'The Weight of Love' analyzes the nature and role of affectivity in medieval Christian devotion through an original interpretation of the writings of the Franciscan theologian Bonaventure. It intervenes in two crucial developments in medieval Christian thought and practice: the renewal of interest in the corpus of Dionysius the Areopagite in thirte…
Hierarchy and Excess in Bonaventure's Itinerarium mentis in Deum
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Hierarchy and Excess in Bonaventure's Itinerarium mentis in Deum
The Weight of Love
Supplementing theological interpretation with historical, literary, and philosophical perspectives, 'The Weight of Love' analyzes the nature and role of affectivity in medieval Christian devotion through an original interpretation of the writings of the Franciscan theologian Bonaventure. It intervenes in two crucial developments in medieval Christian thought and practice: the renewal of interest in the corpus of Dionysius the Areopagite in thirte…
Prayer and the Art of Literature in Anselm of Canterbury's Proslogion
This article reads the Proslogion of the medieval theologian Anselm of Canterbury as a drama of seeking and finding God. It guides the reader through a process of rhetorical inventio, with all of its attendant risks, pleasures, and discontents. The text opens a space or gap of desire, speaking in the voice of the soul who seeks anxiously to find (invenire) God but turns up only absence. The "I" who speaks and addresses itself to itself and to God…
Dark Figures
Philosophy (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Medieval Literature and History (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Medieval Philosophy and Theology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · 600-1500 (1 work) · Affect (linguistics) (1 work) · Augustinian Studies and Theology (1 work) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (1 work)