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9780824519445

Passion and Paradise Human and Divine Emotion in the Thought of Gregory of Nyssa

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  • ISBN13:

    9780824519445

  • ISBN10:

    0824519442

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-10-01
  • Publisher: Herder & Herder
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List Price: $42.61

Summary

Does God suffer,and can we be close to God when we suffer? Gregory of Nyssa, on the the three most influential theologians of the early Church, offers a vision of suffering as part of our progess to final union with God.

Author Biography

J. Warren Smith is assistant professor of historical theology at Duke Divinity School.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introductionp. 1
The Imago Dei: The Foundation of Nyssen's Psychologyp. 21
Nyssen's Eclectic Psychologyp. 48
The Nature of the Passionsp. 75
Satiation and Epectasyp. 104
The Infinitely Wondrous Being of God and the Eternal Becoming of Humanityp. 126
Purgation and Illumination: The Dialectic of Salvationp. 148
"When God Shall Be All and in All": Eros and Agape in the Eschatonp. 183
Notesp. 229
Discussion Questionsp. 277
Indexp. 287
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