Theology paper on Bernard of Clairvaux, Angela of Foligno, and Meister Eckhart
Paper details:
Answer the question in a well-organized and well-written essay of approximately800-1000 words. Be sure to define the key terms you are using, and provide evidence for your claims from your knowledge of the readings.
To what extent, and for what reason, do Bernard of Clairvaux, Angela of Foligno, and Meister Eckhart believe that union with God requires the annihilation or abandonment of the self? In what does this self-abandonment consist, for each author, and how does one bring about?
Answer the question in a well-organized and well-written essay of approximately800-1000 words. Be sure to define the key terms you are using, and provide evidence for your claims from your knowledge of the readings.
To what extent, and for what reason, do Bernard of Clairvaux, Angela of Foligno, and Meister Eckhart believe that union with God requires the annihilation or abandonment of the self? In what does this self-abandonment consist, for each author, and how does one bring about?
*Keep quotations to a minimum
*Between 800-1000 words
*Essay will be evaluated on the thoroughness, depth, and clarity of your analysis, as well as the clarity and organization of your writing
*No outside resources: Only these three texts:
Bernard of Clairvaux, On Loving God
Angela of Foligno, Memorial
Meister Eckhart: German Sermons 2 and 5b, 6, 15, 22, 48, 52, 53, and 83
