Theosis II: Deification in Christian Theology, Volume Two - Softcover

Kharlamov, Vladimir

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0227680332 ISBN 13: 9780227680339

Publisher: James Clarke & Co, 2012

Synopsis

Deification penetrates all spheres of human existence, and can be seen as an answer to most pending ultimate questions. It is essentially practical in its manifestation and uplifting in its content, but nevertheless, always evasive and arcane in its comprehension. Aimed both at those who are already students of theosis and at those who are looking for an introductory text, this book contains biblical and historical-theological essays that offer innovative approaches to the issue of theosis the transformation of believers into the likeness of God. The interconnection between deification and the doctrines of the Trinity, Christology, anthropology, protology, hamartiology, soteriology, and eschatology are made manifest in these fascinating new studies.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction ―Vladimir Kharlamov
1 Deification in Jesus’ Teaching ―Stephen Finlan
2 The Idea of Deification in the Early Eastern
Church ―Ivan V. Popov (trans. Boris Jakim) 3 Clement of Alexandria on Trinitarian and Metaphysical Relationality in the Context of Deification ―Vladimir Kharlamov
4 Basil of Caesarea and the Cappadocians on the Distinction between Essence and Energies in God and Its Relevance to the Deification Theme ―Vladimir Kharlamov
5 Bridging the Gap: Theosis in Antioch and Alexandria ―Joel C. Elowsky
6 Theosis, Texts and Identity: the Philokalia (1782) ―a Case Study ―Paul M. Collins
7 Between Creation and Salvation: Theosis and Theurgy ―Paul M. Collins
8 Participation in God: The Appropriation of Theosis by Contemporary Baptist Theologians ―Mark S. Medley Resources for Deification in Christian Theology ―Vladimir Kharlamov
Bibliography for Sources Cited in This Volume
Index

About this title

About the Author:

Vladimir Kharlamov (PhD, Drew) has taught at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Sioux Falls Seminary, the author of The Beauty of the Unity and the Harmony of the Whole: The Concept of Theosis in the Theology of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (2009), and coeditor, with Stephen Finlan, of Theosis: Deification in Christian Theology (2006).

Review:

"... Altogether, the volume represents solid and careful scholarship..." (Ashish Varma Theological book review, Vol. 24, No 2, 2012)

The strength of the collected essays flows out of a shared methodology, which lends an evenness of tone and approach while never comprising the specificities of each thinker of tradition. (Paul Dominiak Reviews in Religion and Theology, Vol.21, No.1, January 2014)

About this edition

• Publisher: James Clarke & Co
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0227680332
• ISBN 13: 9780227680339
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296