Theōsis : deification in Christian theology / edited by Stephen Finlan and Vladimir Kharlamov. - Eugene, Or. : Pickwick Publications, c2006- - v. ; 23 cm. - Princeton theological monograph series ; [52], 156 . - Princeton theological monograph series 52, 156. .

Vol. 2 edited by Vladimir Kharlamov. Series numbering for [v. 1] taken from CIP info on t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Theōsis, Judaism, and Old Testament anthropology / Second Peter's notion of divine participation / Emergence of the deification theme in the Apostolic Fathers / Deification in the apologists of the Second Century / Irenaeus on the christological basis of human divinization / Athanasius on the deifying work of the redeemer / Augustine's conception of deification, revisited / Divinization and spiritual progress in Maximus the Confessor / Reforming theōsis / comedy of divinization Soloviev / Stephen Finlan, Vladimir Kharlamov -- Gregory Glazov -- Stephen Finlan -- Vladimir Kharlamov -- Vladimir Kharlamov -- Jeffrey Finch -- Jeffrey Finch -- Robert Puchniak -- Elena Vishnevskaya -- Myk Habets -- Stephen Finlan. Vol. 1. The idea of deification in the early Eastern Church / Clement of Alexandria on Trinitarian and metaphysical relationality in the context of deification / Basil of Caesarea and the Cappadocians on the distinction between essence and energies in God and its relevance to the deification theme / Bridging the gap : theosis in Antioch and Alexandria / Theosis, texts and identity : the Philokalia (1782) : a case study / Between creation and salvation : theosis and theurgy / Participation in God : the appropriations of theosis by contemporary Baptist theologians / Stephen Finlan -- Ivan V. Popov (trans. Boris Jakim) -- Vladimir Kharlamov -- Vladimir Kharlamov -- Joel C. Elowky -- Paul M. Collins -- Paul M. Collins -- Mark S. Medley. Vol. 2. Deification in Jesus' teaching / The

". . . that you may become partakers in the divine nature" 2 Peter 1:4. These biblical and historical-theological essays offer innovative approaches to the issue of theosis probing and exploring the interconnections between the theology of deification and the doctrines of the Trinity, christology, anthropology, protology, hamartiology, soteriology, and eschatology.

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Deification (Christianity)--History of doctrines.

BT767.8 / .T45 2006