Author: John Behr
Publisher: Oxford Early Christian Studies
ISBN: 9780198270003
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement examines the ways in which Irenaeus and Clement understood what it means to be human. By exploring these writings from within their own theological perspectives, John Behr also offers a theological critique of the prevailing approach to the asceticism of Late Antiquity. Writing before monasticism became the dominant paradigm of Christian asceticism, Irenaeus and Clement afford fascinating glimpses of alternative approaches. For Irenaeus, asceticism is the expression of man living the life of God in all dimensions of the body, that which is most characteristically human and in the image of God. Human existence as a physical being includes sexuality as a permanent part of the framework within which males and females grow towards God. In contrast, Clement depicts asceticism as man's attempt at a godlike life to protect the rational element, that which is distinctively human and in the image of God, from any possible disturbance and threat, or from the vulnerability of dependency, especially of a physical or sexual nature. Here human sexuality is strictly limited by the finality of procreation and abandoned in the resurrection. By paying careful attention to these two writers, Behr offers challenging material for the continuing task of understanding ourselves as human beings.
Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement
Asceticism in the Graeco-Roman World
Author: Richard Damian Finn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521862817
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Pagan asceticism: cultic and contemplative purity -- Asceticism in Hellenistic and Rabbinic Judaism -- Christian asceticism before Origen -- Origen and his ascetic legacy -- Cavemen, cenobites, and clerics.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521862817
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Pagan asceticism: cultic and contemplative purity -- Asceticism in Hellenistic and Rabbinic Judaism -- Christian asceticism before Origen -- Origen and his ascetic legacy -- Cavemen, cenobites, and clerics.
On Liturgical Asceticism
Author: David W. Fagerberg
Publisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 081322117X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Drawing on the Eastern Orthodox tradition of asceticism and integrating it with recent Western thought on liturgy, David W. Fagerberg examines the interaction between the two and presents a powerful argument that asceticism is necessary for understanding liturgy as the foundation of theology
Publisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 081322117X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Drawing on the Eastern Orthodox tradition of asceticism and integrating it with recent Western thought on liturgy, David W. Fagerberg examines the interaction between the two and presents a powerful argument that asceticism is necessary for understanding liturgy as the foundation of theology
Irenaeus of Lyons
Author: John Behr
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019921462X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
A full, contextual study of Irenaeus of Lyons, the first great theologian of the Christian tradition. John Behr sets Irenaeus both within his own context of the second century and our own contemporary context.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019921462X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
A full, contextual study of Irenaeus of Lyons, the first great theologian of the Christian tradition. John Behr sets Irenaeus both within his own context of the second century and our own contemporary context.
The Least of These
Author: Eric R. Severson
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498270492
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
This collection of primary documents from Christian history spans the second to eighteenth centuries (Irenaeus to George Whitefield). Severson has chosen writings that all deal with the interpretation of the Parable of the Sheep and Goats (Matthew 25:31-46).
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498270492
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
This collection of primary documents from Christian history spans the second to eighteenth centuries (Irenaeus to George Whitefield). Severson has chosen writings that all deal with the interpretation of the Parable of the Sheep and Goats (Matthew 25:31-46).
Divine Scripture and Human Emotion in Maximus the Confessor
Author: Andrew J. Summerson
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004446559
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
In Exegesis of the Human Heart Andrew J. Summerson explores Maximus the Confessor’s use of biblical interpretation to develop an adequate account of Christian human emotion.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004446559
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
In Exegesis of the Human Heart Andrew J. Summerson explores Maximus the Confessor’s use of biblical interpretation to develop an adequate account of Christian human emotion.
The Way to Nicaea
Author: John Behr
Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press
ISBN: 9780881412246
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
"This first volume treats the initial three centuries of the Christian era. Part I examines the establishment of normative Christianity on the basis of the tradition and canon of the Gospel and briefly sketches the portrait of the Scriptural Christ inscribed in the New Testament. Part II analyzes selected figures from the second century, Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr and Irenaeus of Lyons, considering how they understood Christ to be the Word of God. Part III turns to the third century, treating Hippolytus and the debates in Rome, Origen and his legacy in Alexandria and Paul of Samosata and the Council of Antioch, in a continued examination of Christ as the Word and Son of God. These debates form the background for the controversies and Councils of the following centuries, to be examined in subsequent volumes"--P. [4] of cover.
Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press
ISBN: 9780881412246
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
"This first volume treats the initial three centuries of the Christian era. Part I examines the establishment of normative Christianity on the basis of the tradition and canon of the Gospel and briefly sketches the portrait of the Scriptural Christ inscribed in the New Testament. Part II analyzes selected figures from the second century, Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr and Irenaeus of Lyons, considering how they understood Christ to be the Word of God. Part III turns to the third century, treating Hippolytus and the debates in Rome, Origen and his legacy in Alexandria and Paul of Samosata and the Council of Antioch, in a continued examination of Christ as the Word and Son of God. These debates form the background for the controversies and Councils of the following centuries, to be examined in subsequent volumes"--P. [4] of cover.
The Seventh Book of the Stromateis
Author: Matyáš Havrda
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004223630
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
This volume comprises 16 studies focused on the last extant part of Clement's 'Stromateis'. Written by specialists from seven countries, it is a compendium of contemporary scholarship dealing with major aspects of Clement's thought in general.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004223630
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
This volume comprises 16 studies focused on the last extant part of Clement's 'Stromateis'. Written by specialists from seven countries, it is a compendium of contemporary scholarship dealing with major aspects of Clement's thought in general.
Eschatology
Author: John C. McDowell
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 1467451428
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
This short textbook, the latest volume in the Guides to Theology series, surveys key themes and aspects of Christian hope by tracing eschatological ideas as they have developed from Scripture throughout the history of theology. John McDowell and Scott Kirkland present a series of lenses on understanding eschatological statements, or the content of Christian hope. They have structured their book thematically into five chapters—four exploring apocalyptic, existential, political, and christological themes, followed by an extensive annotated bibliography. Within each chapter, McDowell and Kirkland take a history-of-ideas approach, locating the various perspectives in their historical contexts. Concise and accessible, this book is ideal for introductory undergraduate courses in eschatology.
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 1467451428
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
This short textbook, the latest volume in the Guides to Theology series, surveys key themes and aspects of Christian hope by tracing eschatological ideas as they have developed from Scripture throughout the history of theology. John McDowell and Scott Kirkland present a series of lenses on understanding eschatological statements, or the content of Christian hope. They have structured their book thematically into five chapters—four exploring apocalyptic, existential, political, and christological themes, followed by an extensive annotated bibliography. Within each chapter, McDowell and Kirkland take a history-of-ideas approach, locating the various perspectives in their historical contexts. Concise and accessible, this book is ideal for introductory undergraduate courses in eschatology.
The Image of God in the Theology of Gregory of Nazianzus
Author: Gabrielle Thomas
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108482198
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Provides the first full-length analysis of Gregory Nazianzen's multifaceted account of the image of God against the backdrop of biblical themes.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108482198
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Provides the first full-length analysis of Gregory Nazianzen's multifaceted account of the image of God against the backdrop of biblical themes.