Nicaea and its Legacy

TRAMA

Lewis Ayres offers a new account of the most important century in the development of Christian belief after Christ. He shows how the doctrine of the Trinity was developed, and in particular argues that a conception of God's mysteriousness and spiritual progress towards understanding is central to that doctrine. He also proposes that modern theologies of the Trinity fail to appreciate the depth and power of Nicene trinitarianism.

NOTE EDITORE

The first part of Nicaea and its Legacy offers a narrative of the fourth-century trinitarian controversy. It does not assume that the controversy begins with Arius, but with tensions among existing theological strategies. Lewis Ayres argues that, just as we cannot speak of one `Arian' theology, so we cannot speak of one `Nicene' theology either, in 325 or in 381. The second part of the book offers an account of the theological practices and assumptions within which pro-Nicene theologians assumed their short formulae and creeds were to be understood. Ayres also argues that there is no fundamental division between eastern and western trinitarian theologies at the end of the fourth century. The last section of the book challenges modern post-Hegelian trinitarian theology to engage with Nicaea more deeply.

SOMMARIO

1 - Points of Departure2 - Theological Trajectories in the Early Fourth Century I3 - Theological Trajectories in the Early Fourth Century II4 - Confusion and Controversy: AD 325-3405 - The Creation of `Arianism': AD 340-3506 - Shaping the Alternatives: AD 350-3607 - The Beginnings of Rapprochement8 - Basil of Caesarea and the Development of Pro-Nicene Theology9 - The East from Valens to Theodosius10 - Victory and the Struggle for Definition11 - On the Contours of Mystery12 - `The First and Brightest Light'13 - `Walk Towards Him Shining'14 - `On Not Three Gods': Gregory of Nyssa's Trinitarian Theology15 - The Grammar of Augustine's Trinitarian Theology16 - In Spite of Hegel, Fire and Sword

AUTORE

Lewis Ayres is Assistant Professor of Historical Theology at the Candler School of Theology and the Graduate Division of Religion, Emory University.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198755067
• Dimensioni: 242 x 32.3 x 164 mm Ø 876 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 496