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Zusatztext this Handbook is a monumental and much-needed publication, which will definitely mark the field of Maximian studies for the next generations of scholars. Informationen zum Autor Pauline Allen is Director of the Centre for Early Christian Studies at Australian Catholic University, Brisbane. A former Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, and Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, she has worked on homiletic literature, Maximus the Confessor, the Council of Chalcedon, Severus of Antioch, John Chrysostom, and late-antique letter-writing. She is co-author of The Churches of Syrian Antioch, 300-638 CE (Leuven, 2012). She is research associate in the Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, and past president of the Association Internationale d'Études Patristiques.Bronwen Neil is Assistant Director of the Centre for Early Christian Studies at Australian Catholic University (Brisbane). Neil has produced critical editions and translations of texts pertaining to Maximus the Confessor, and Pope Martin I. Other works on papal writings include annotated translations of Pope Gelasius' letters (with Pauline Allen) and selected letters and sermons of Pope Leo I, and A Companion to Gregory the Great, co-edited with Matthew Dal Santo. She has also published on poverty and welfare in Late Antiquity, and crisis management by late-antique bishops. She is current president of the Australian Association for Byzantine Studies, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and a former Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung. Klappentext Maximus the Confessor (c. 580-662) has become one of the most discussed figures in contemporary studies of Byzantine theology and philosophy. This book integrates for the first time Maximus' works and thought into the history of his life in the politically troubled times of seventh-century Byzantium. Zusammenfassung Maximus the Confessor (c. 580-662) has become one of the most discussed figures in contemporary studies of Byzantine theology and philosophy. This book integrates for the first time Maximus' works and thought into the history of his life in the politically troubled times of seventh-century Byzantium. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One. Historical Setting 1: Pauline Allen: Life and Times of Maximus the Confessor 2: Marek Jankowiak and Phil Booth: An Updated Date-List of the Works of Maximus the Confessor 3: Walter E. Kaegi: Byzantium in the Seventh Century 4: Cyril Hovorun: Maximus, a Cautious Chalcedonian Part Two. Theological and Philosophical Influences 5: Marius Portaru: Classical Philosophical Influences: Aristotle and Platonism 6: Pascal Mueller-Jourdan: The Foundation of Origenist Metaphysics 7: Marcus Plested: Theological and Philosophical Influences: The Ascetic Tradition 8: Ysabel De Andia: Dionysius Areopagite and Maximus the Confessor 9: Raymond J. Laird: Mindset (¿¿¿¿¿) in John Chrysostom 10: Johannes Börjesson: Augustine on the Will 11: Bronwen Neil: Divine Providence and the Gnomic Will before Maximus Part Three. Works and Thought 12: Paul M. Blowers: Exegesis of Scripture 13: Peter Van Deun: Maximus the Confessor's Use of Literary Genres 14: Demetrios Bathrellos: Passions, Ascesis, and the Virtues 15: Torstein T. Tollefsen: Christocentric Cosmology 16: Andreas Andreopoulos: Eschatology in Maximus the Confessor 17: Jean-Claude Larchet: The Mode of Deification 18: Adam Cooper: Spiritual Anthropology in Ambiguum 7 19: Doru Costache: Mapping Reality within the Experience of Holiness 20: George Berthold: Christian Life and Praxis: The Centuries on Love 21: Thomas Cattoi: Liturgy as Cosmic Transformation Part Four. Reception 22: Lela Khoperia: The Georgian Tradition on Maximus the Confessor 23: Grigory Benevich: Maximus' Heritage in Russia and Ukraine 24: Catherine Kavanagh: Th...
