Gregory of Nazianzus : images and reflections
Gregory of Nazianzus (ca330-390) is one of the three Greek church fathers from Cappadocia. This book explores his theology, and his importance as an independent thinker, writer, orator, and poet. It demonstrates his position in the formation of a hellenised Christian culture, offering discussion of Gregory's exposition of the Trinity.
Kongress Bergen (Norwegen) 2003
349 Seiten
9788763503860, 8763503867
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Introduction; Prompting for Meaning in Gregory's Rhetoric; Gregory Contemplating the Beautiful: Knowing Human Misery and Divine Mystery Through and Being Persuaded by Images; Rhetoric and Mental Images in Gregory; Gregory and the Constraint of Sameness; The Cappadocians on the Aeropagus; Playing with Expectations: Gregorys Funeral Orations on His Brother, Sister, and Father; Life After Death: The Martyrdom of Gorgonia and the Birth of Female Hagiography; Gregory's Women: Creating a Philosopher's Family; Gregory: The Rhetorician as poet; Among the Hellenists: Gregory and the Sophists; Two Gregories and Three genres: Autobiography, Autohagiography and Hagiography; Theosis According to Gregory; The Appeal on the Cappadocian Fathers and Dionysis the Areopagite in the Iconoclast Controversy; Retrospect: Images, Reflections and the "Essential" Gregory; Index.