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philosophical, theological, and historical studies
Exploring Gregory of Nyssa: Philosophical, Theological, and Historical Studies' brings together an interdisciplinary team of historians, classicists, philosophers, and theologians to offer a holistic exploration of the thought of Gregory of Nyssa. The volume considers Gregory's role in the main philosophical and religious controversies of his era, such as his ecclesiastical involvement in the Neo-Nicene apologetical movement. It looks at his complex relationships-for example with his brother Basil of Caesarea and with Gregory of Nazianzus. Contributors highlight Gregory's debt to Origen, but also the divergence between the two thinkers, and their relationships to Platonism. They also examine Gregory of Nyssa's wider philosophy and metaphysics; deep questions in philosophy of language such as the nature of predication and singular terms that inform our understanding of Gregory's thought; and the role of metaphysical concepts such as the nature of powers and identity.
Cover; Exploring Gregory of Nyssa: Philosophical, Theological, and Historical Studies; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1: St Gregory of Nyssa: Bishop, Philosopher, Exegete, Theologian; SKETCH OF A VITA; GREGORY AS A WRITER; As a Spiritual Master; As an Exegete; GREGORY'S INTELLECTUAL LEGACY; 2: The Two Gregories: Towards Nyssen from Nazianzen; 3: Dressing Moses: Reading Gregory of Nyssa's Life of Moses Literally; THEORY AND ANAGOGE-CONTEMPLATING MOSES' ASCENT; HISTORY-ASIA MINOR IN THE 380s AND 390s; DRESSING BARBARIAN; DRESSING MOSES.
DRESSING VIRTUOUS MEN4: Origen and Gregory of Nyssa on the Song of Songs; ALLEGORY, HISTORY, AND AKOLOUTHIA; ORIGEN ON THE SONG; GREGORY OF NYSSA ON THE SONG; CONCLUSION; 5: Gregory of Nyssa's Christological Exegesis; CONTRA EUNOMIUM BOOK 3; ANTI-APOLLINARIAN WORKS; HOMILIES ON THE SONG OF SONGS AND OTHER LATE WORKS; CONCLUSION; 6: Gregory of Nyssa on the Soul (and the Restoration): From Plato to Origen; 7: The Soul as Dynamis in Gregory of Nyssa's On the Soul and Resurrection; INTRODUCTION; GREGORY'S DIALOGUE DE ANIMA ET RESURRECTIONE; MACROCOSM AND MICROCOSM; OUSIA AND DYNAMIS.
THE DEFINITION OF THE SOULSOUL AND BODY; CONCLUSION; 8: Christian Formation and the Body-Soul Relationship in Gregory of Nyssa; IS CHRISTIAN FORMATION A MATTER FOR SOUL AND BODY-OR FOR THE SOUL ALONE?; 'THERE ARE TWO THINGS FROM WHICH ONE HUMAN BEING IS COMPOSED'; 'THERE ARE THREE CHARACTERISTIC ASPECTS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE'; SOTERIOLOGY AND SPIRITUAL/MORAL FORMATION; CONCLUSION; 9: Vulnerability as the Ground of Self-Determination in Gregory of Nyssa; ON THE SOUL AND RESURRECTION; GRIEF AND ASCENT; ON THE SOUL AND PHAEDO; VIRTUOUS WEAKNESS AND THE SUBVERSION OF MASCULINITY.
Other Ancient AuthorsSecondary Literature; Index.
edited by Anna Marmodoro, Neil B. McLynn.
Includes bibliographical references and index.