{"product_id":"faith-reason-and-theosis-hardback-9781531503017","title":"Faith, Reason, and Theosis (Hardback) 9781531503017","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFaith, Reason, and Theosis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAristotle Papanikolaou (Edited by), George E. Demacopoulos (Edited by), William J. Abraham (Contributions by), Peter C. Bouteneff (Contributions by), Carolyn Chau (Contributions by), Robert Glenn Davis (Contributions by), Stephen J. Davis (Contributions by), David Bentley Hart (Contributions by), Philip Kariatlis (Contributions by), Jean Porter (Contributions by), Andrew Prevot (Contributions by), Ashley M. Purpura (Contributions by), Kirsi Stjerna (Contributions by), Michele Watkins (Contributions by), Rowan Williams (Contributions by), Ashley M. Purpura (Series edited by), Aristotle Papanikolaou (Series edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781531503017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 3 October 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.608 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheosis \u003c\/i\u003eshapes contemporary Orthodox theology in two ways: positively and negatively. In the positive sense, contemporary Orthodox theologians made \u003ci\u003etheosis \u003c\/i\u003ethe thread that bound together the various aspects of theology in a coherent whole and also interpreted patristic texts, which experienced a renaissance in the twentieth century, even in Orthodox theology. In the negative sense, contemporary theologians used \u003ci\u003etheosis \u003c\/i\u003eas a triumphalistic club to beat down Catholic and Protestant Christians, claiming that they rejected \u003ci\u003etheosis \u003c\/i\u003ein favor of either a rationalistic or fideistic approach to Christian life.\u003cbr\u003e The essays collected in this volume move beyond this East–West divide by examining the relation between faith, reason, and \u003ci\u003etheosis \u003c\/i\u003efrom Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant perspectives. A variety of themes are addressed, such as the nature–grace debate and the relation of philosophy to theology, through engagement with such diverse thinkers as Thomas Aquinas, John Wesley, Meister Eckhart, Dionysius the Areopagite, Symeon the New Theologian, Panayiotis Nellas, Vladimir Lossky, Martin Luther, Martin Heidegger, Sergius Bulgakov, John of the Cross, Delores Williams, Evagrius of Pontus, and Hans Urs von Balthasar. The essays in this book are situated within a current thinking on \u003ci\u003etheosis \u003c\/i\u003ethat consists of a common, albeit minimalist, affirmation amidst the flow of differences. The authors in this volume contribute to the historical theological task of complicating the contemporary Orthodox narrative, but they also continue the \"theological achievement\" of thinking about \u003ci\u003etheosis \u003c\/i\u003eso that all Christian traditions may be challenged to stretch and shift their understanding of \u003ci\u003etheosis \u003c\/i\u003eeven amidst an ecumenical celebration of the gift of participation in the life of God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e: Faith, Reason, and Theosis   1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAristotle Papanikolaou and George E. Demacopoulos \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART I: THEOTIC EXISTENCE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Waking the Gods: Theosis as Reason's Natural End   15\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Bentley Hart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Does Aquinas Have the Orthodox Concept of Theosis?   37\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJean Porter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Deification as Christification and Human Becoming   72\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilip Kariatlis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Theosis as Kenosis: The Paradox of Holy Intimacy in the Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar   93\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarolyn Chau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Martin Luther on Faith and Union with God: Speculations on Theosis   112\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKirsi Stjerna\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Differentiation as Disfigurement: A Womanist Polemic against the Co-optation of the Divine Essence   133\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichele E. Watkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART II: THEOTIC KNOWING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Revelation, Reason, and Holiness: A Wesleyan Perspective   159\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam J. Abraham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Ambiguous Meanings of Theosis in Modern and Postmodern Discourse   176\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Prevot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Speculation and Theosis in Vladimir Lossky and Meister Eckhart   198\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Glenn Davis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Knowing through Unknowing: The Qualified Necessity of Human Reason in Dionysius   218\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Bouteneff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Knowing in Theosis: A Byzantine Mystical Theological Approach   231\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAshley Purpura\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Deification in Evagrius Ponticus and the Transmission of the Kephalaia Gnostika in Syriac and Arabic   251\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen J. Davis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Embodied Logos: Reason, Knowledge, and Relation   267\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRowan Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003e  293\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/i\u003e   295\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e   301\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52619264164120,"sku":"9781531503017","price":117.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/faith-reason-and-theosis-hardback-9781531503017","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}