Activity and participation in late antique and early Christian thought / by Torstein Theodor Tollefsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tollefsen, Torstein, 1953-

Series:

Oxford early Christian studies.

The Oxford early Christian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Gregory.

Dionysius, the Areopagite, Saint, active 1st century.

Dionysius.

Gregory Palamas, Saint, 1296-1359.

Gregory Palamas.

Christianity--Philosophy--History of doctrines.

Christianity.

Providence and government of God--Christianity--History of doctrines.

Providence and government of God.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Activity and Participation in Late Antique and Early Christian Thought is an investigation into two basic concepts of ancient pagan and Christian thought. The study examines how activity in Christian thought is connected with the topic of participation: for the lower levels of being to participate in the higher means to receive the divine activity into their own ontological constitution. Torstein Theodor Tollefsen sets a detailed discussion of the work of church fathersGregory of Nyssa, Dionysius the Areopagite, Maximus the Confessor, and Gregory Palamas in the context of earlier trends in Ari

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Activity and Participation in Non-Christian Thought; a. Plato and Aristotle; b. Plotinus; 2. St Basil and Anomoean Theology; a. Introduction; b. St Basil the Great, Letter 234; c. Eunomius' Doctrine of God; 3. The Internal Activity of the Godhead; a. St Gregory of Nyssa on Trinitarian Generation; b. Dionysius the Areopagite on Trinitarian Generation; c. St Maximus the Confessor on the Internal Activity of the Trinity; 4. The External Activity of the Godhead: Cosmology; a. St Gregory of Nyssa on Creation and Participation

b. Dionysius on Creation and Participationc. St Maximus the Confessor on Creation and Participation; 5. The External Activity of the Godhead: Incarnation; a. St Gregory of Nyssa on the Incarnation; b. St Maximus the Confessor's Ontological Analysis of Essence and Activity; c. St Maximus the Confessor on the Incarnation; 6. The Road to Salvation; a. St Gregory of Nyssa on Deification; b. St Maximus the Confessor on Salvation and Deification; 7. The Theology of St Gregory Palamas; a. St Gregory Palamas on Energeia and Participation; b. The Light of Mount Tabor; 8. Concluding Remarks

BibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; M; N; O; P; S; T; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Mar. 5, 2012).

ISBN:

9786613624239

0-19-161326-6

1-280-59440-3

OCLC:

784886708