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

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Christensen, Michael J., Wittung, Jeffery A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, 2008.
Edition:Paperback edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The problem, promise, and process 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 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
  • 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
  • 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.