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001 2006017877
003 DLC
005 20080115154506.0
008 060531s2007 nju b 101 0 eng
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050 00 $aBT767.8$b.P38 2007
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245 00 $aPartakers of the divine nature :$bthe history and development of deification in the Christian traditions /$cedited by Michael J. Christensen and Jeffery A. Wittung.
260 $aMadison :$bFairleigh Dickinson University Press,$cc2007.
300 $a325 p. ;$c25 cm.
500 $aProceedings of a conference held May 21-22, 2004 at Drew University.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 294-309) and indexes.
505 0 $aPart I. The Context of Theosis in Christianity: -- The problem, promise, and process of theosis / Michael J. Christensen -- The place of theosis in Orthodox theology / Andrew Louth -- Part II. Theosis in Classical and Late Antiquity: -- 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 -- Part III. Theosis in Patristic Thought: -- The strategic adaptation of deification in the Cappadocians / J. A. McGuckin -- Rhetorical application of theosis in Greek patristic theoloy / Vladimir Kharmlamov -- Divinization as perichoretic embrace in Maximus the Confessor / Elena Vishnevskaya -- Paradise as the landscape of salvation in Ephrem the Syrian / Thomas Buchan -- Part IV. Theosis in Medieval and Reformation Thought: -- The Copto-Arabic tradition of theosis: a eucharistic reading of John 3:51-57 in Būluṣ al-Būshī's 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 through Christ / J. Todd Billings -- John Wesley: Christian perfection as faith filled with the energy of love / Michael J. Christensen -- Part V. Theosis in Modern Thought: -- Neo-Palamism, divinizing grace, and the breach between East and West / Jeffrey D. Finich -- Sergius Bulgakov: Russian theosis / Boris Jakim -- Karl Rahner: divinization in Roman Catholicism / Francis J. Caponi -- Theosis in recent research: a renewal of interest and a need for clarity / Gösta Hallonsten -- Resources on theosis with select primary sources in translation / Jeffery A. Wittung
650 0 $aDeification (Christianity)$xHistory of doctrines$vCongresses.
700 1 $aChristensen, Michael J.
700 1 $aWittung, Jeffery A.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0614/2006017877.html