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Title: Contemplative Epistemology in the Work of Sarah Coakley
Author(s): MAXEY, Amy
Journal: Studies in Spirituality
Volume: 33    Date: 2024   
Pages: 313-346
DOI: 10.2143/SIS.33.0.3293667

Abstract :
This paper explores and evaluates how Sarah Coakley conceives of contemplation as epistemology. Focusing on the internal logic of her account as she gives it, I argue that Coakley articulates an account of contemplative noesis as fundamentally affective, intuitive, and ‘nonrational’ which, upon critical examination, renders an ambiguous contemplative epistemology.

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