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Aurelius Augustine in the Orthodox Tradition – Basic Topoi of Distinction
What is the attitude toward Aurelius Augustine in the Eastern Church after the schism of 1054 and in contemporary times? Although he is regarded as one of the respected Fathers of the Church and known as the “Teacher of the West,” Augustine is not ...
Dimitrina Cherneva
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Rethinking Merit in Calvin's Doctrine of the Atonement: Beyond Possessive Individualism
Abstract Joan Lockwood O'Donovan argues that the Reformation doctrine of grace entails a rejection of the proprietary anthropology of self‐owning individuals and its attendant notion of justice – what C. B. Macpherson termed the “theory of possessive individualism.” Although O'Donovan praises Calvin's anthropology and his account of law for its non ...
John Walker
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The Theological Poetics of Pauline κένωσις in Patristic Authors: A Dialogue with Michael C. Magree☆
Abstract This review engages in dialogue with Magree's methodological assumptions (literary, rhetorical, philosophical and theological) and approach to the history of reception of this critically important Pauline passage (Philippians 2:7) and then provides a critical assessment of the textual evidence for his contention that Origen of Alexandria ...
Margaret M. Mitchell
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Renaissance of the Trinitarian: Erwin Schadel's Integral Perspective
Abstract Erwin Schadel (1946–2016), a central yet little‐known figure of the so‐called Bamberg School, developed a distinctive triadic ontology that deserves attention within the contemporary renaissance of Trinitarian thought. Drawing on Augustinian and Comenian sources, Schadel articulates a relational grammar of being through the categories of in ...
Matteo Raffaelli
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City of God and the Duty of Just Memory
Abstract In a recent essay, Richard Miller claims that Augustine presumes a duty to remember justly in his City of God. However, Miller's brief reference to a presumed duty of “just memory” does not fully explain how Augustine conceptualizes this duty or how it relates to his theological concerns.
Zachary J. Taylor
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Duplicitous Remembrance: Confessing Self‐Deception with Augustine
Abstract While self‐deception has long been a topic of interest in psychology and analytic philosophy—and increasingly in the academic study of theology and religion—direct engagement with Augustine on self‐deception remains underexplored in contemporary scholarship.
Abraham S‐C Wu
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Beyond Brunhild: reassessing women in the Fredegar Chronicle
Scholarly consideration of women in the seventh‐century Fredegar chronicle has long been dominated by the author’s hostility towards Brunhild, queen of Austrasia. Statistical analysis of Latin world chronicles before ad 900, however, shows that Fredegar’s representation of women was unusually high within this tradition.
Emily Quigley
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Archimandrite Pavel Stefanov, Tertullian and the Montanism. Montanism is a popular ancient Christian movement. Its most ardent followers were in Phrygia, Asia Minor, but during the first eight centuries it spread all over the Mediterranean world.
Archimandrite Stefanov
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Abstract This paper offers a reflection on methodological issues surrounding the historical study of deification in response to the approach proposed in the Oxford Handbook of Deification. The paper contextualises the OHD's proposal in light of previous attempts to address the question of how to define/identify the concept of deification.
Brendan A. Harris
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