This work considers Maximus the Confessor (c.580-662), one of the most discussed early Christian theologians in contemporary patristic studies. It builds on recent scholarship while also providing fresh readings of Maximus as an ancient ecumenical theologian as well as of his recontextualization in contemporary theology.
This work considers Maximus the Confessor (c.580-662), one of the most discussed early Christian theologians in contemporary patristic studies. It builds on recent scholarship while also providing fresh readings of Maximus as an ancient ecumenical theologian as well as of his recontextualization in contemporary theology.
Paul M. Blowers holds the Ph.D. in patristics and early Christian studies from the University of Notre Dame, and since 1989 has taught church history and historical theology at Emmanuel Christian Seminary in Johnson City, Tennessee, where he is currently the Dean E. Walker Professor of Church History. He is principally a scholar of Greek and Byzantine patristics, and particularly of the theology of Maximus the Confessor, but he has also taught broadly in the field of church history and Christian thought. He is a Past President of the North American Patristics Society and is currently an Associate Editor of the Journal of Early Christian Studies. Author, editor, or translator of six books in early church history, he has published numerous journal articles.
Inhaltsangabe
* Abbreviations * Introduction * Part I: Backgrounds * 1: Maximus in His Historical Setting: Betwixt and Between * 2: Writing Theology in Early Byzantium * Part II: The Cosmic Landscapes of Maximus's Theology * 3: Creation as the Drama of Divine Freedom and Resourcefulness * 4: Maximus's Cosmic Christology: Flesh Transfiguring the World * 5: The Church and Its Liturgy as Threshold of the New Creation * Part III: Maximus's Vision for the Transfigured Creation * 6: Protology and Teleology in Maximus's Interpretation of Human Nature, Human Fallenness, and Human Hope * 7: Active Passivity: Maximus on the Passion of Jesus Christ * 8: Love, Desire, and Virtue: Transfigured Life in Christ and the Spirit * Part IV: Maximus's Afterlife East and West * 9: Recontextualizations of Maximus East and West * Epilogue * Select Bibliography * Index
* Abbreviations * Introduction * Part I: Backgrounds * 1: Maximus in His Historical Setting: Betwixt and Between * 2: Writing Theology in Early Byzantium * Part II: The Cosmic Landscapes of Maximus's Theology * 3: Creation as the Drama of Divine Freedom and Resourcefulness * 4: Maximus's Cosmic Christology: Flesh Transfiguring the World * 5: The Church and Its Liturgy as Threshold of the New Creation * Part III: Maximus's Vision for the Transfigured Creation * 6: Protology and Teleology in Maximus's Interpretation of Human Nature, Human Fallenness, and Human Hope * 7: Active Passivity: Maximus on the Passion of Jesus Christ * 8: Love, Desire, and Virtue: Transfigured Life in Christ and the Spirit * Part IV: Maximus's Afterlife East and West * 9: Recontextualizations of Maximus East and West * Epilogue * Select Bibliography * Index
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