Of God and man : theology as anthropology from Irenaeus to Athanasius / M.C. Steenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steenberg, Irenaeus M. C. (Irenaeus Matthew Craig), 1978-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology, Doctrinal.

Anthropology.

Fathers of the church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : T & T Clark, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Scholarship in early Christianity has long focused on themes of theological doctrine on the one hand, and anthropology on the other. Doctrinal study has generally concentrated on the rise of Trinitarian language and Christological questions, while anthropological studies explore early perceptions of human nature, sin and redemption. This has produced standard chronologies of doctrine, dividing early Christian history into distinct, if interrelated periods of history in the development of these views. Building on current scholarship, this volume re-assesses such an approach to early patristic s

Contents:

Introduction to an anthropological theology

Linking beginnings and ends: Irenaeus of Lyons

Impatient humanity: Tertullian of Carthage

A changing picture of Nicaea

Baptized into human reality: Cyril of Jerusalem

Moving into being: Athanasius of Alexandria.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical referencesn and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86871-3

9786612868719

0-567-60047-5

OCLC:

676698552