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Partakers of the divine nature : the history and development of deification in the Christian traditions / edited by Michael J. Christensen and Jeffery A. Wittung.

Contributor(s): Christensen, Michael J | Wittung, Jeffery A
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, 2008Copyright date: ©2007Edition: Paperback editionDescription: 325 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780801034404 (pbk. : alk. paper); 080103440X (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Deification (Christianity) -- History of doctrines -- CongressesDDC classification: 234 LOC classification: BT767.8 | .P38 2008Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
The promise, process, and the problem of Theosis / Michael J. Christensen -- The place of Theosis in Orthodox theology / Andrew Louth -- Deification of the philosopher in Classical Greece / John R. Lenz -- Can we speak of Theosis in Paul? / Stephen Finlan -- Does 2 Peter 1:4 speak of deification? / James Starr -- The strategic adaptation of deification in the Cappadocians / J.A. McGuckin -- Rhetorical application of Theosis in Greek patristic theology / Vladimir Kharlamov -- Divinization as perichoretic embrace in Maximus the confessor / Elena Vishnevskaya -- Paradise as the landscape of salvation in Ephrem the Syrian / Thomas Buchan -- The Copto-Arabic tradition of Theosis : a eucharistic reading of John 3:51-57 in Bulus al-Bushi treatise On the Incarnation / Stephen J. Davis -- St. Anselm : Theoria and the doctrinal logic of perfection / Nathan R. Kerr -- Martin Luther : "little Christs for the world" ; faith and sacraments as means to Theosis / Jonathan Linman -- John Calvin : united to God thought Christ / J. Todd Billings -- John Wesley : Christian perfection as faith filled with the energy of love / Michael J. Christensen -- Neo-palamism, divinizing grace, and the breach between east and west / Jeffrey D. Finch -- Sergius Bulgakov : Russian Theosis / Boris Jakim -- Karl Rahner : divinization in Roman Catholicism / Francis J. Caponi, OSA -- Theosis in recent research : a renewal of interest and a need for clarity / Gosta Hallonsten -- Resources on Theosis with select primary sources in translation / Jeffery A. Wittung.

Proceedings of a conference held May 21-22, 2004 at Drew University.

Originally published : Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c2007.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The promise, process, and the problem of Theosis / Michael J. Christensen -- The place of Theosis in Orthodox theology / Andrew Louth -- Deification of the philosopher in Classical Greece / John R. Lenz -- Can we speak of Theosis in Paul? / Stephen Finlan -- Does 2 Peter 1:4 speak of deification? / James Starr -- The strategic adaptation of deification in the Cappadocians / J.A. McGuckin -- Rhetorical application of Theosis in Greek patristic theology / Vladimir Kharlamov -- Divinization as perichoretic embrace in Maximus the confessor / Elena Vishnevskaya -- Paradise as the landscape of salvation in Ephrem the Syrian / Thomas Buchan -- The Copto-Arabic tradition of Theosis : a eucharistic reading of John 3:51-57 in Bulus al-Bushi treatise On the Incarnation / Stephen J. Davis -- St. Anselm : Theoria and the doctrinal logic of perfection / Nathan R. Kerr -- Martin Luther : "little Christs for the world" ; faith and sacraments as means to Theosis / Jonathan Linman -- John Calvin : united to God thought Christ / J. Todd Billings -- John Wesley : Christian perfection as faith filled with the energy of love / Michael J. Christensen -- Neo-palamism, divinizing grace, and the breach between east and west / Jeffrey D. Finch -- Sergius Bulgakov : Russian Theosis / Boris Jakim -- Karl Rahner : divinization in Roman Catholicism / Francis J. Caponi, OSA -- Theosis in recent research : a renewal of interest and a need for clarity / Gosta Hallonsten -- Resources on Theosis with select primary sources in translation / Jeffery A. Wittung.

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