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St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023 This article explores the complex notion of Jesus as substitute in Christian theology, situating this topic within the doctrine of the atonement in general.
Adam Johnson
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Participation in God - Chapter from Relational Theology
, 2012 A book on relational theology requires at least a brief reflection on the concept of “participation in God.” Relationality begins and ends with God. God exists in relationship – the Trinity.
Conniry, Charles J.
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, 2017 Authors' accepted manuscript of a chapter from: Declan Marmion & Salvador Ryan (eds), Remembering the Reformation : Martin Luther and Catholic ...
Bagchi, David
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The Cosmology of St Maximus the Confessor as a Basis for Ecological and Humanitarian Ethics [PDF]
, 2014 This paper explores the cosmology of St Maximus the Confessor and its relevance for contemporary ethics. It takes as it’s starting point two papers on Maximus’ cosmology and environmental ethics (Bordeianu, 2009; Munteanu, 2010) and from there argues ...
Dewhurst, Emma Brown
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Богословські роздуми: Східноєвропейський журнал богословʼя, 2008 In the current renewal of interest in the deification theme, the consensual and homogeneous character of this concept among early Christian writers is generally assumed.
Vladimir KHARLAMOV
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To Each According to their Needs: Anarchist Praxis as a Resource for Byzantine Theological Ethics [PDF]
, 2018 I argue that anarchist ideas for organising human communities could be a useful practical resource for Christian ethics. I demonstrate this firstly by introducing the main theological ideas underlying Maximus the Confessor’s ethics, a theologian ...
Dewhurst, Emma Brown
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Holy Desire or Wholly Hubris? Deification in the Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar
ReligionsThe theology of deification in the Christian tradition is fraught with misconceptions. Although it embodies the core teaching of the faith, it is not only a neglected theme of theology, but often critiqued as a Promethean distortion of the gospel and/or ...
Sigurd Lefsrud
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The “God-Man Living”: Deification in Practical Theology
ReligionsThe doctrine of deification (or theosis) has seen renewed interest in recent decades within lines of inquiry that extend beyond its traditional association with the Eastern Orthodox tradition. The ascendancy of Tuomo Mannermaa’s Finnish interpretation of
Michael M. C. Reardon +1 more
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Representation and Interpretation as the Basis of Participation in the Trinity
Religions, 2015 I suggest that God’s life is the Spirit’s eternal interpretation of the Word as the perfect sign (representation) of the Father. Creaturely interpretations imperfectly mirror the perfect coherence of being and representation that is God’s life.
Andrew Robinson
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