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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459221103321

Autore

Adams Graham <1975-, >

Titolo

Christ and the other : in dialogue with Hick and Newbigin / / Graham Adams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-26038-7

1-282-77391-7

9786612773914

0-7546-9878-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Disciplina

232/.8

Soggetti

Christianity - Philosophy

Christianity and other religions

Communities - Religious aspects - Christianity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2010 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Why Christ and the Other?; 2 The Christology of John Hick: Partially Shaken; 3 The Christology of Newbigin:Partially Shaken; 4 An Alternative Vision: Biblically Shaken; 5 The Shaken One and the Other Within; 6 The Shaken One and the Other Beyond; 7 The Shaken One and the Invisible Other; 8 Conclusions and Recommendations; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

How should we relate to 'others' - those within a particular tradition, those of different traditions, and those who are oppressed? In the light of these anxieties, this book offers a vision, rooted in community with others and building on the work of Andrew Shanks, of Christ as 'the Shaken One'. Shaped through dialogue with the theologies of John Hick and Leslie Newbigin, Adams urges Christian communities to attend more deeply to the demands of ecumenical, dialogical and political theologies, to build an ever greater 'solidarity of others' - a quality of community better demonstrating Christl



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465457003321

Autore

Harmless William <1953->

Titolo

Desert Christians [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction to the literature of early monasticism / / William Harmless

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

1-282-23522-2

0-19-803674-4

9786612235221

9786610914524

1-280-91452-1

0-19-516223-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (513 p.)

Disciplina

271/.009/015

Soggetti

Desert Fathers

Christian literature, Early - History and criticism

Monastic and religious life - History - Early church, ca. 30-600

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; A Note on the Notes and Bibliographies; Part I. The World of Early Monasticism; 1. Roman Egypt; Alexandria; The Gift of the Nile; Early Egyptian Christianity; Monasticism in Egypt: Leaders, Writers, and Texts; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix 1.1. Papyrus: Women and Monasticism; 2. Patriarchs, Councils, and Controversies: 300-451; Alexander, Arius, and the Council of Nicaea; Athanasius; Theophilus; Cyril and the Council of Ephesus; Dioscorus and the Council of Chalcedon; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix 2.1. The Creed of the Council of Nicaea (325)

Appendix 2.2. Texts from the Council of Ephesus (431)Appendix 2.3. The Definition of the Council of Chalcedon (451); Part II. Antony and Pachomius; 3. The Life of Antony: Text and Context; The ""Wrath"" of 356; A Physician For Egypt; Audience, Sources, and Genre; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix 3.1. The Letters of Saint Antony; Appendix 3.2. The Letters of Ammonas; 4. The Life of Antony: Themes and Influence;



Christ's Victory over Demons; God Enfleshed, Humanity Deified; The Politics of Orthodoxy; Antony in the Latin West; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix 4.1. Jerome, The Life of Paul of Thebes

Appendix 4.2. The Many Faces of AntonyAppendix 4.3. Did Athanasius Really Write the Life of Antony?; 5. Pachomius; The Sources; Early Career; The Koinonia; Later Career; Theodore and Horsiesius; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix 5.1. The Versions of the Life of Pachomius; Appendix 5.2. The Letters of Pachomius; Appendix 5.3. The Letter of Ammon; Appendix 5.4. The Testament of Horsiesius; Appendix 5.5. Did the Nag Hammadi Library Belong to the Pachomians?; Part III. The Desert Fathers; 6. The Apophthegmata Patrum: Text and Context; Abba Antony; The Collections: Alphabetical and Systematic

""Abba, Give Me a Word""Scetis; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix 6.1. The Many Languages of Desert Literature; Appendix 6.2. Macarius the Egyptian, Letter to the Sons of God; 7. The Apophthegmata Patrum: Portraits; Abba Macarius the Egyptian; Abba John the Little; Abba Moses the Ethiopian; Abba Poemen; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix 7.1. The Famous and Not-So-Famous of the Alphabetical Collection; Appendix 7.2. The Virtues of Abba Macarius the Great; Appendix 7.3. The ""Tree of Obedience""; Appendix 7.4. Zacharius of Sakhâ, Encomium on the Life of John the Little

8. The Apophthegmata Patrum: ThemesHesychia; The Manifestation of Thoughts; The Demon of Lust; Anger; Blessed Are the Sorrowful; Visions; Scripture; From Oral Word to Written Text; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix 8.1. The Systematic Collections of the Apophthegmata Patrum; Appendix 8.2. Paul of Tamma, On the Cell; Appendix 8.3. Concerning Thoughts (Peri Logismon); Appendix 8.4. Isaiah of Scetis, Asceticon; Appendix 8.5. The Ethiopic Collectio Monastica; 9. The Histories; Nitria; Kellia; Other Sites; Portraits: The Lausiac History; Signs and Wonders: The History of the Monks in Egypt; Notes

Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

In this introduction to early Christian monastic literature from Egypt and beyond, the author introduces major figures and literary texts and provides an up-to-date survey of current questions and scholarship in the field.