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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808875303321

Autore

Steenberg M. C (Matthew Craig), <1978->

Titolo

Of God and man : theology as anthropology from Irenaeus to Athanasius / / M.C. Steenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : T & T Clark, 2009

ISBN

1-282-86871-3

9786612868719

0-567-60047-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Disciplina

230

Soggetti

Theology, Doctrinal

Anthropology

Fathers of the church

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 referencesn and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to an anthropological theology -- Linking beginnings and ends: Irenaeus of Lyons -- Impatient humanity: Tertullian of Carthage -- A changing picture of Nicaea -- Baptized into human reality: Cyril of Jerusalem -- Moving into being: Athanasius of Alexandria.

Sommario/riassunto

Scholarship in early Christianity has long focused on themes of theological doctrine on the one hand, and anthropology on the other. Doctrinal study has generally concentrated on the rise of Trinitarian language and Christological questions, while anthropological studies explore early perceptions of human nature, sin and redemption. This has produced standard chronologies of doctrine, dividing early Christian history into distinct, if interrelated periods of history in the development of these views. Building on current scholarship, this volume re-assesses such an approach to early patristic s