Embodiment And Virtue In Gregory Of Nyssa
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Embodiment And Virtue In Gregory Of Nyssa
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Author : Hans Boersma
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-02-28
Embodiment And Virtue In Gregory Of Nyssa written by Hans Boersma and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Embodiment in the theology of Gregory of Nyssa is a much-debated topic. Hans Boersma argues that this-worldly realities of time and space, which include embodiment, are not the focus of Gregory's theology. Instead, Boersma suggests, the key to Gregory's theology is anagogy-going upward in order to participate in the life of God.
Gregory Of Nyssa S Tabernacle Imagery In Its Jewish And Christian Contexts
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Author : Ann Conway-Jones
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2014-09-25
Gregory Of Nyssa S Tabernacle Imagery In Its Jewish And Christian Contexts written by Ann Conway-Jones and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-25 with Religion categories.
Integrating patristics and early Jewish mysticism, this book examines Gregory of Nyssa's tabernacle imagery, as found in Life of Moses 2. 170-201. Previous scholarship has often focused on Gregory's interpretation of the darkness on Mount Sinai as divine incomprehensibility. However, true to Exodus, Gregory continues with Moses's vision of the tabernacle 'not made with hands' received within that darkness. This innovative methodology of heuristic comparison doesn't strive to prove influence, but to use heavenly ascent texts as a foil, in order to shed new light on Gregory's imagery. Ann Conway-Jones presents a well-rounded, nuanced understanding of Gregory's exegesis, in which mysticism, theology, and politics are intertwined. Heavenly ascent texts use descriptions of religious experience to claim authoritative knowledge. For Gregory, the high point of Moses's ascent into the darkness of Mount Sinai is the mystery of Christian doctrine. The heavenly tabernacle is a type of the heavenly Christ. This mystery is beyond intellectual comprehension, it can only be grasped by faith; and only the select few, destined for positions of responsibility, should even attempt to do so.
Gregory Of Nyssa As Biographer
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Author : Allison L. Gray
language : en
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Release Date : 2021-05-17
Gregory Of Nyssa As Biographer written by Allison L. Gray and has been published by Mohr Siebeck this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-17 with Religion categories.
The theologian Gregory of Nyssa wrote biographies of his sister, a local bishop, and Moses. Allison L. Gray shows that he adapts techniques from Greco-Roman biographical writing in these texts to create narratives that are suited to a specifically Christian form of education, focused on virtue and scriptural interpretation.
The Glory Of The Spirit In Gregory Of Nyssa S Adversus Macedonianos
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Author : Piet Hein Hupsch
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2020-08-03
The Glory Of The Spirit In Gregory Of Nyssa S Adversus Macedonianos written by Piet Hein Hupsch and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-03 with Religion categories.
In his commentary on Gregory of Nyssa’s Adversus Macedonianos, Piet Hein Hupsch highlights the carefully composed structure of this work and the important connection between its theological, rhetorical and stylistic elements. In his capacity of arbiter fidei, which was bestowed upon him by the Council of Constantinople in 381, Bishop Gregory wrote this circular letter in the form of a counteraccusation against the Pneumatomachi, developing his Trinitarian theology of adoration in which the Spirit occupies a central role. In a systematic-theological synthesis of this work, Hupsch shows how the Spirit draws baptised human beings and human language into the relatio of the three divine persons, the dynamic circle of divine glory of which the Spirit is the personification.
Exploring Gregory Of Nyssa
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Author : Anna Marmodoro
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-11-10
Exploring Gregory Of Nyssa written by Anna Marmodoro and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-10 with Religion categories.
Exploring Gregory of Nyssa: Philosophical, Theological, and Historical Studies 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; and the role of metaphysical concepts such as the nature of powers and identity. The study paints a picture of Gregory as a ground-breaking philosopher-theologian. It analyses the nature of the soul, and connection to theological issues such as resurrection; questions that are still of interest in the philosophy of religion today, such as divine impassibility and the nature of the Trinity; and returning to more immediately humane concerns, Gregory also has profound thoughts on topics such as vulnerability and self-direction. The volume will be of primary interest to researchers, lecturers, and postgraduate students in philosophy, classics, history, and theology, and can be recommended as secondary reading for undergraduates, especially those studying classics and theology.
Origen S Revenge
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Author : Brian Patrick Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2021-10-11
Origen S Revenge written by Brian Patrick Mitchell and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-11 with Religion categories.
Is the difference of male and female to be "completely shaken off" so that men and women are no longer men and women but merely human beings? The great seventh-century saint Maximus the Confessor said yes, but such thinking is difficult if not impossible to reconcile with much else in Christian tradition that obliges men and women to live as either men or women. Origen's Revenge contrasts the two main sources of early Christian thinking on male and female: the generally negative view of Greek philosophy, limiting sexual distinction to the body and holding the body in low regard, and the much more positive view of Hebrew Scripture, in which sexual distinction and reproduction are both deemed naturally good and necessary for human existence. These two views account for much of the controversy in early Christianity concerning marriage and monasticism. They also still contribute to current controversies over sex roles, gender identity, and sexual ethics. Origen's Revenge also develops the more Hebrew line of early Christian thought to propose a new understanding of male and female with a firmer grounding in scripture, tradition, theology, and philosophy and with profound implications for all human relationships, whether social, political, or spiritual.
Dying And The Virtues
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Author : Matthew Levering
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2018-01-23
Dying And The Virtues written by Matthew Levering and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-23 with Religion categories.
In this rich book Matthew Levering explores nine key virtues that we need to die (and live) well: love, hope, faith, penitence, gratitude, solidarity, humility, surrender, and courage. Retrieving and engaging a variety of biblical, theological, historical, and medical resources, Levering journeys through the various stages and challenges of the dying process, beginning with the fear of annihilation and continuing through repentance and gratitude, suffering and hope, before arriving finally at the courage needed to say goodbye to one’s familiar world. Grounded in careful readings of Scripture, the theological tradition, and contemporary culture, Dying and the Virtues comprehensively and beautifully shows how these nine virtues effectively unite us with God, the One who alone can conquer death.
The Body And Desire
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Author : Raphael A. Cadenhead
language : en
Publisher: University of California Press
Release Date : 2018-11-27
The Body And Desire written by Raphael A. Cadenhead and has been published by University of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-27 with Religion categories.
Although the reception of the Eastern Father Gregory of Nyssa has varied over the centuries, the past few decades have witnessed a profound awakening of interest in his thought. The Body and Desire sets out to retrieve the full range of Gregory’s thinking on the challenges of the ascetic life by examining within the context of his theological commitments his evolving attitudes on what we now call gender, sex, and sexuality. Exploring Gregory’s understanding of the importance of bodily and spiritual maturation for the practices of contemplation and virtue, Raphael A. Cadenhead recovers the vital relevance of this vision of transformation for contemporary ethical discourse.
Christ The Spirit And Human Transformation In Gregory Of Nyssa S In Canticum Canticorum
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Author : Alexander L. Abecina
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023-09-15
Christ The Spirit And Human Transformation In Gregory Of Nyssa S In Canticum Canticorum written by Alexander L. Abecina and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-15 with Religion categories.
"It is generally agreed that virg. is Gregory of Nyssa's first written work, composed sometime in the early 370s. Recent scholarly interest in the text has tended to focus upon Gregory's alleged "ranking" of different forms of married and celibate life in relation to fourth century Christian asceticism. Rarely, however, has the overtly ascetical subject matter of the work been studied with regard to one of the most pressing doctrinal debates of the 370s and 380s, namely the dispute over the status of the Holy Spirit; a matter which the Cappadocian Fathers took up with great force against the Macedonians who denied the Spirit's essential unity with the Father and the Son. This chapter therefore investigates the role Gregory assigns to the Holy Spirit in the virgin's 'spiritual marriage' or union with Christ. I will show that Gregory stresses throughout the work that such union with Christ is in fact impossible for the naturally weak and fallen virgin unless it is actualised by the life-giving power of the Holy Spirit who shares in the very attributes of 'purity', 'incorruptibility' and 'virginity' that are proper to the Father and the Son. This he expounds with direct reference to baptismal theology. Thus, read in light of the debates with the Macedonians in the 370s and 380s, virg. can be understood to prescribe a form of ascetical life which rests upon the characteristically anti-Macedonian conviction that the Spirit, who is received at baptism, unites humanity to the Son and the Father because the Spirit is himself essentially united to the Son and the Father. This analysis of pneumatology in virg. is of central importance to my study of hom. in Cant: both works portray humanity's union with Christ under the metaphor of marriage. That Gregory construes this nuptial union in thoroughly pneumatological and hence baptismal terms in his earliest work serves to attune my focus upon resonant pneumatological and baptismal themes that shed light on his exegesis of the Song of Songs in his final written work"--
The Struggle Over Class
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Author : G. Anthony Keddie
language : en
Publisher: SBL Press
Release Date : 2021-10-08
The Struggle Over Class written by G. Anthony Keddie and has been published by SBL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-08 with Religion categories.
An interdisciplinary discussion engaging classics, archaeology, religious studies, and the social sciences The Struggle over Class brings together scholars from the fields of New Testament and early Christianity to examine Christian texts in light of the category of class. Historically rigorous and theoretically sophisticated, this collection presents a range of approaches to, and applications of, class in the study of the epistles, the gospels, Acts, apocalyptic texts, and patristic literature. Contributors Alicia J. Batten, Alan H. Cadwallader, Cavan W. Concannon, Zeba Crook, James Crossley, Lorenzo DiTommaso, Philip F. Esler, Michael Flexsenhar III, Steven J. Friesen, Caroline Johnson Hodge, G. Anthony Keddie, Jaclyn Maxwell, Christina Petterson, Jennifer Quigley, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Daniëlle Slootjes, and Emma Wasserman challenge both scholars and students to articulate their own positions in the ongoing scholarly struggle over class as an analytical category.