Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction

John Henry Newman and the illative sense

Gregory of Nyssa and the movement of eros

Augustine of Hippo and the life of Spirit

Anselm of Canterbury and the language of perfection

Thomas Aquinas and the fragility of beings

John of the cross and mystical experience

Blaise Pascal and the method of immanence

Immanuel Kant and the postulates of practical reason

Soren Kierkegaard and the struggle with self-estrangement

Gabriel Marcel and the dimension of hope

G.K. Chesterton and the fact of joy