Partakers of the divine nature : the history and development of deificiation in the Christian traditions / edited by Michael J. Christensen and Jeffery A. Wittung.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Christensen, Michael J.

Wittung, Jeffery A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deification (Christianity)--History of doctrines--Congresses.

Deification (Christianity)--History of doctrines.

Deification (Christianity).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

325 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2007]

Contents:

Part I. The Context of Theosis in Christianity:

The problem, promise, and process of theosis / Michael J. Christensen

The place of theosis in Orthodox theology / Andrew Louth

Part II. Theosis in Classical and Late Antiquity:

Deification of the philosopher in classical Greece / John R. Lenz

Can we speak of theosis in Paul? / Stephen Finlan

Does 2 Peter 1:4 speak of deification? / James Starr

Part III. Theosis in Patristic Thought:

The strategic adaptation of deification in the Cappadocians / J. A. McGuckin

Rhetorical application of theosis in Greek patristic theoloy / Vladimir Kharmlamov

Divinization as perichoretic embrace in Maximus the Confessor / Elena Vishnevskaya

Paradise as the landscape of salvation in Ephrem the Syrian / Thomas Buchan

Part IV. Theosis in Medieval and Reformation Thought:

The Copto-Arabic tradition of theosis: a eucharistic reading of John 3:51-57 in Būluṣ al-Būshī's treatise on the incarnation / Stephen J. Davis

St. Anselm: theoria and the doctrinal logic of perfection / Nathan R. Kerr

Martin Luther: "Little Christs for the world"; faith and sacraments as means to theosis / Jonathan Linman

John Calvin: united to God through Christ / J. Todd Billings

John Wesley: Christian perfection as faith filled with the energy of love / Michael J. Christensen

Part V. Theosis in Modern Thought:

Neo-Palamism, divinizing grace, and the breach between East and West / Jeffrey D. Finich

Sergius Bulgakov: Russian theosis / Boris Jakim

Karl Rahner: divinization in Roman Catholicism / Francis J. Caponi

Theosis in recent research: a renewal of interest and a need for clarity / Gösta Hallonsten

Resources on theosis with select primary sources in translation / Jeffery A. Wittung

Notes:

Proceedings of a conference held May 21-22, 2004 at Drew University.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-309) and indexes.

ISBN:

0838641113

9780838641118

OCLC:

70054208