Re-thinking Gregory of Nyssa
Directions in Modern Theology
1. Auflage Februar 2003
144 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
The thought of Gregory of Nyssa, the youngest of the
fourth-cenrtury 'Cappadocian' Fathers, is currently at the centre
of a number of important theological debates. This collection of
specially commissioned essays calls the long-accepted
interpretation of Gregory's trinitarianism into radical
question.
* * Gregory of Nyssa, the youngest of the fourth-century
'Cappadocian' Fathers, is currently at the centre of a number of
important theological debates.
* * Calls the long-accepted interpretation of Gregory's
trinitarianism into radical question.
* * Urges a reading of his 'pedagogy of desire' that will cause a
major reconsideration of his methods of trinitarian
exposition.
Sarah Coakley
2 On Not Three People: The Fundamental Themes of Gregory of Nyssa's Trinitarian Theology as Seen in To Ablabius: On Not Three Gods 15
Lewis Ayres
3 Divine Unity and the Divided Self: Gregory of Nyssa's Trinitarian Theology in its Psychological Context 45
Michel René Barnes
4 Divine Transcendence and Human Transformation: Gregory of Nyssa's Anti-Apollinarian Christology 67
Brian E. Daley, S.J.
5 Under Solomon's Tutelage: The Education of Desire in the Homilies on the Song of Songs 77
Martin Laird
6 "Person" versus "Individual", and Other Modern Misreadings of Gregory of Nyssa 97
Lucian Turcescu
7 The Mirror of the Infinite: Gregory of Nyssa on the Vestigia Trinitatis 111
David Bentley Hart
Index 133
