Human Perfection in Byzantine Theology - Attaining the Fullness of Christ

This work studies the approach to the question of human perfection in a number of seminal Byzantine theological figures (from 7th-14th centuries), in conversation with modern Orthodox Christian thought. The Byzantine authors examined include Maximus the Confessor, Theodore the Studite, Symeon the New Theologian, and Gregory Palamas.

Table des matières

• Preface


• Acknowledgements


• 1: Human perfection in Orthodox theological anthropology: retrieving the Christological imperative


• 2: Perpetual progress or eternal rest? Contemplating the eschaton in St Maximus the Confessor


• 3: Perfection before our eyes: St Theodore the Studite on the humanity of Christ


• 4: I am called by two names, human and divine: dogma and deification in St Symeon the New Theologian


• 5: The energy of deification and the person of Jesus Christ in St Gregory Palamas


• Conclusion

A propos de l'auteur

Alexis Torrance is the Archbishop Demetrios Associate Professor of Byzantine Theology at the University of Notre Dame, where he has taught since 2014. He took his degrees at the University of Oxford and has held research fellowships at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and Dumbarton Oaks in Washington DC.

Résumé

This work studies the approach to the question of human perfection in a number of seminal Byzantine theological figures (from 7th-14th centuries), in conversation with modern Orthodox Christian thought. The Byzantine authors examined include Maximus the Confessor, Theodore the Studite, Symeon the New Theologian, and Gregory Palamas.

Texte suppl.

Torrance's Human Perfection in Byzantine Theology is a remarkable and thorough analysis of a central tenet in Byzantine theology. The range and depth of sources is impressive, and Torrance often sheds new light on familiar texts while bringing unfamiliar texts to our attention.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Alexis Torrance, Alexis (Archbishop Demetrios Associate P Torrance, Alexis (Archbishop Demetrios Associate Professor of Byzantine Theology Torrance, Alexis (Archbishop Demetrios College Cha Torrance
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9780198845294
• ISBN: 978-0-19-884529-4
• Pages: 254
• Thèmes: Changing Paradigms in Historical and Systematic Theology; Changing Paradigms in Historic
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Christianisme; RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Soteriology, HISTORY / Byzantine Empire, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, History of Religion