Exploring Gregory of Nyssa : philosophical, theological, and historical / edited by Anna Marmodoro, Neil B. McLynn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marmodoro, Anna, editor.

McLynn, Neil B., editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology.

Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, approximately 335-approximately 394.

Gregory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

'Exploring Gregory of Nyssa' brings together an interdisciplinary team of historians, classicists, philosophers, and theologians to offer a holistic exploration of the thought of Gregory of Nyssa. The 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. It looks at his complex relationships - for example with his brother Basil of Caesarea and with Gregory of Nazianzus. Contributors highlight Gregory's debt to Origen, but also the divergence between the two thinkers, and their relationships to Platonism. They also examine Gregory of Nyssa's wider philosophy and metaphysics; deep questions in philosophy of language such as the nature of predication and singular terms that inform our understanding of Gregory's thought.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-256883-3

0-19-187116-8

0-19-256882-5