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Augustine''s Early Theology of Image - A Study in the Development of Pro-Nicene Theology

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Zusatztext This book is highly recommended for anyone interested in learning more about the provenance and ingenuity of Augustine's image theology. Informationen zum Autor Gerald P. Boersma is Assistant Professor of Theology at St. Bonaventure University. Klappentext What does it mean for Christ to be the "image of God"? And, if Christ is the "image of God," can the human person also unequivocally be understood to be the "image of God"? Augustine's Early Theology of Image examines Augustine's conception of the imago dei and makes the case that it represents a significant departure from the Latin pro-Nicene theologies of Hilary of Poitiers, Marius Victorinus, and Ambrose of Milan only a generation earlier.Augustine's predecessors understood the imago dei principally as a Christological term designating the unity of divine substance. But, Gerald P. Boersma argues, Augustine affirms that Christ is an image of equal likeness, while the human person is an image of unequal likeness. Boersma's careful study thus argues that a Platonic and participatory evaluation of the nature of "image" enables Augustine's early theology of the image of God to move beyond that of his Latin predecessors and affirm the imago dei both of Christ and of the human person. Zusammenfassung Gerald P. Boersma examines Augustine's early theology of the image of God, or imago dei, and shows that he affirms that both Christ and the human person are the imago dei. Boersma contextualizes Augustine's theology prior to his ordination (386-391) by demonstrating that it represents a significant departure from earlier Latin pro-Nicene theologies of image. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Abbreviations Introduction Part One I. Hilary of Poitiers II. Marius Victorinus III. Ambrose of Milan Part Two IV. The Plotinian Image V. Proteus and Participation VI. The Analogical and Embodied Imago Dei VII. The Ascent of the Image in De vera religione Epilogue: The Imago Dei in De Trinitate Notes Bibliography index ...

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