Read Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa: An Anagogical Approach (Oxford Early Christian Studies)

Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa: An Anagogical Approach (Oxford Early Christian Studies)

Hans Boersma

4.9/5 (23789 ratings)

Description:Embodiment in the theology of Gregory of Nyssa is a much-debated topic. Hans Boersma argues that this-worldly realities of time and space, which include embodiment, are not the focus of Gregory's theology. Instead, embodiment plays a distinctly subordinate role. The key to his theology, Boersma suggests, is anagogy, going upward in order to participate in the life of God. This book looks at a variety of topics connected to embodiment in Gregory's thought: time and space; allegory; gender, sexuality, and virginity; death and mourning; slavery, homelessness, and poverty; and the church as the body of Christ. In each instance, Boersma maintains, Gregory values embodiment only inasmuch as it enables us to go upward in the intellectual realm of the heavenly future. Boersma suggests that for Gregory embodiment and virtue serve the anagogical pursuit of otherworldly realities. Countering recent trends in scholarship that highlight Gregory's appreciation of the goodness of creation, this book argues that Gregory looks at embodiment as a means for human beings to grow in virtue and so to participate in the divine life. It is true that, as a Christian thinker, Gregory regards the creator-creature distinction as basic. But he also works with the distinction between spirit and matter. And Nyssen is convinced that in the hereafter the categories of time and space will disappear-while the human body will undergo an inconceivable transformation. This book, then, serves as a reminder of the profoundly otherworldly cast of Gregory's theology.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa: An Anagogical Approach (Oxford Early Christian Studies). To get started finding Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa: An Anagogical Approach (Oxford Early Christian Studies), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0199641129

Description: Embodiment in the theology of Gregory of Nyssa is a much-debated topic. Hans Boersma argues that this-worldly realities of time and space, which include embodiment, are not the focus of Gregory's theology. Instead, embodiment plays a distinctly subordinate role. The key to his theology, Boersma suggests, is anagogy, going upward in order to participate in the life of God. This book looks at a variety of topics connected to embodiment in Gregory's thought: time and space; allegory; gender, sexuality, and virginity; death and mourning; slavery, homelessness, and poverty; and the church as the body of Christ. In each instance, Boersma maintains, Gregory values embodiment only inasmuch as it enables us to go upward in the intellectual realm of the heavenly future. Boersma suggests that for Gregory embodiment and virtue serve the anagogical pursuit of otherworldly realities. Countering recent trends in scholarship that highlight Gregory's appreciation of the goodness of creation, this book argues that Gregory looks at embodiment as a means for human beings to grow in virtue and so to participate in the divine life. It is true that, as a Christian thinker, Gregory regards the creator-creature distinction as basic. But he also works with the distinction between spirit and matter. And Nyssen is convinced that in the hereafter the categories of time and space will disappear-while the human body will undergo an inconceivable transformation. This book, then, serves as a reminder of the profoundly otherworldly cast of Gregory's theology.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa: An Anagogical Approach (Oxford Early Christian Studies). To get started finding Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa: An Anagogical Approach (Oxford Early Christian Studies), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa: An Anagogical Approach (Oxford Early Christian Studies)

Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa: An Anagogical Approach (Oxford Early Christian Studies)

More Books

Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry

Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry

Scripture as Real Presence: Sacramental Exegesis in the Early Church

Scripture as Real Presence: Sacramental Exegesis in the Early Church

Sacramental Preaching: Sermons on the Hidden Presence of Christ by Hans Boersma (July 01,2016)

Sacramental Preaching: Sermons on the Hidden Presence of Christ by Hans Boersma (July 01,2016)

Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition

Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition

Pierced By Love: Divine Reading in the Christian Tradition

Pierced By Love: Divine Reading in the Christian Tradition

Five Things Theologians Wish Biblical Scholars Knew

Five Things Theologians Wish Biblical Scholars Knew

Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross: Reappropriating the Atonement Tradition

Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross: Reappropriating the Atonement Tradition

Eucharistic Participation: The Reconfiguration of Time and Space

Eucharistic Participation: The Reconfiguration of Time and Space

Sacramental Preaching: Sermons on the Hidden Presence of Christ

Sacramental Preaching: Sermons on the Hidden Presence of Christ