Exploring Gregory of Nyssa - Philosophical, Theological, and Historical Studies

Featuring contributions from leading scholars, this volume considers Gregory's role in the main philosophical and religious controversies of his era, such as his ecclesiastical involvement in the Neo-Nicene apologetical movement.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: John McGuckin: Gregory of Nyssa: A Brief Life and Context


• 2: Neil McLynn: The two Gregories: Nyssen and Nazianzen


• 3: Susanna Elm: Dressing Moses: reading Gregory of Nyssa's Life of Moses literally


• 4: Mark Edwards: Allegory and Mysticism in Gregory of Nyssa


• 5: Christopher Beeley: Predication, Metaphysics, and Divine Impassibility in Gregory of Nyssa's Christological Exegesis


• 6: Morwenna Ludlow: Spiritual Formation and the Body-Soul Relation in Gregory of Nyssa


• 7: Ilaria Ramelli: Gregory of Nyssa on the Soul (and the Restoration): From Plato to Origen


• 8: Johannes Zachhuber: The soul as dynamis in Gregory of Nyssa


• 9: Sophie Cartwright: Vulnerability as Secret of Self-direction in Gregory of Nyssa


• 10: Andrew Radde-Gallwitz: Gregory of Nyssa and the Three Gods Problem


• 11: Anna Marmodoro: Gregory of Nyssa on the Trinity (with focus on his letter ^iAd Ablabius)


• Conclusion


• Bibliography


• Index of Names and Subjects


• Index Locorum

About the author

Anna Marmodoro has published extensively on the history of philosophy, theology, and modern analytic philosophy, especially metaphysics. Much of her work innovatively combines all three. Her publications include Aristotle on Perceiving Objects (2014) and Everything in Everything: Anaxagoras's Metaphysics (2017).

Neil McLynn has published extensively on a wide range of topics centred on religious politics in Late Antiquity. His publications include Ambrose of Milan: Church and Court in a Christian Capital (1994) and Christian Politics and Religious Culture in Late Antiquity (2009).

Summary

Featuring contributions from leading scholars, this volume considers Gregory's role in the main philosophical and religious controversies of his era, such as his ecclesiastical involvement in the Neo-Nicene apologetical movement.

Product details

• Authors: Anna (Professor of Philosophy Marmodoro
• Assisted by: Anna Marmodoro (Editor), Anna (Professor of Philosophy Marmodoro (Editor), Marmodoro Anna (Editor), Neil B. McLynn (Editor), Neil B. (University Lecturer in Later Roman History McLynn (Editor), McLynn Neil B. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9780198826422
• ISBN: 978-0-19-882642-2
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Ancient, Christianity, History of Religion, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Philosophy of religion, Christian spirituality & religious experience, Spirituality and religious experience, RELIGION / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth, The Early Church