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Partakers of the divine nature : the history and development of deificiation in the Christian traditions

Book information

Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
9780838641118, 0838641113
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (20073278 bytes)
Pages
325\323
Topic
Religion
Time added
2019-04-04 05:52:40

Description

This critical volume focuses on the issue of continuity and discontinuity of the Christian concept of theosis, or deification, in the intellectual history of ideas. It addresses the origin, development, and function of theosis from its antecedents in ancient Greek philosophy to its nuanced use in contemporary theological thought. Often seen as a heresy in the Protestant West, the revival of interest in deification in both lay and scholastic circles heralds a return to foundational understandings of salvation in the Christian church before the divisions of East and West, Catholic and Protestant.

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