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Platonism and Christian Thought in Late Antiquity [PDF]

, 2019
Platonism and Christian Thought in Late Antiquity examines the various ways in which Christian intellectuals engaged with Platonism both as a pagan competitor and as a source of philosophical material useful to the Christian faith.
Emilsson, Eyjolfur, Fredrik, Janby Lars, Pavlos, Panagiotis G., Tollefsen, Torstein   +3 more
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Redeeming Poetics

Modern Theology, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 21-45, January 2024.
Abstract In this essay, I argue that ‘poetics’—defined as ‘poet‐criticism’, a practitioner’s firsthand reflection on poetic composition (poiēsis) and verse technique (technē)—makes possible for philosophical theology something that has heretofore been overlooked.
Steven Toussaint
wiley   +1 more source

Introduction [PDF]

, 2019
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores, inter alia, the strategy employed by Augustine in using Plato as a pseudo-prophet against later Platonists and explores ...
Emilsson, Eyjolfur, Janby, Lars Fredrik, Pavlos, Panagiotis G., Tollefsen, Torstein   +3 more
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The Measure of All Gods: Religious Paradigms of the Antiquity as Anthropological Invariants [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose of the article is the reconstruction of ancient Greek and ancient Roman models of religiosity as anthropological invariants that determine the patterns of thinking and being of subsequent eras. Theoretical basis.
Halapsis, Alex V.
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Football, Mysticism, Thomistic Poetics

Modern Theology, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 63-81, January 2024.
Abstract This essay will especially consider the role of the cogitative power and affectivity in the formation of vocal utterances, showing how the Thomistic account of the integration of passion with reason provides a fascinating apparatus for assessing different uses of language—from the Eucharistic hymns of Aquinas, to the poetry of his Franciscan ...
Jose Isidro Belleza
wiley   +1 more source

The conceptual denial of God and its consequences from the speculative mysticism of Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagite.

Horizonte, 2015
Thesis summaryARAÚJO, Luiz Antônio de. The conceptual denial of God and its consequences from the speculative mysticism of Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagite.
Luiz Antônio de Araújo
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Pagan Energies in Maximus the Confessor: The Influence of Proclus on Ad Thomam 5

Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2012
Maximus drew on the writings of the pagan Proclus in order to articulate a passage of Dionysius the Areopagite so as to support a view of two ‘powers/energies’ of Christ.
Frederick Lauritzen
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Theology and the Secular [PDF]

, 2016
Sarah Coakley’s God, Sexuality, and the Self constitutes a major intervention in the debate over the role of religion in the modern world. Coakley criticizes Christians who reject modernity altogether, arguing that Christian thought should remain in ...
Newheiser, David
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Divine wisdom and human wisdom in The Divine Names by St. Dionysius the Areopagite [PDF]

Methexis
In the writings of St. Dionysius the Areopagite, where the right faith in God is reflected by Christian philosophy with the greatest clarity, we will fully understand the abyssal difference between divine wisdom and human wisdom. As it was revealed to St.
Savu Totu
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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and Eastern Orthodoxy: Acceptance of the Corpus Dionysiacum and Integration of Neoplatonism into Christian Theology

Богословські роздуми: Східноєвропейський журнал богословʼя, 2016
This essay will argue that the heritage of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite represents the most living and widespread influence of Neoplatonic ideas in the Eastern Orthodox tradition.
Vladimir KНARLAMOV
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