Theosis and Religion

Participation in Divine Life in the Eastern and Western Traditions

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Norman Russell

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Paperback / softback

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Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society

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Theosis, originally a Greek term for Christian divinisation or deification, has become a vogue word in modern theology. Although recent publications have explored its meaning in a selection of different contexts, this is the first book to offer a coherent narrative of how the concept of theosis developed in both its Eastern and Western versions. Norman Russell shows how the role of Dionysius the Areopagite was pivotal, not only in Byzantium but also in the late mediaeval West, where it strengthened the turn towards an individualistic interiority. Russell also relates theosis to changing concepts of religion in the modern age. He investigates the Russian version of theosis, introduced in the West by Russian members the Paris School after the 1917 Revolution. Since then, theosis has undergone additional development through the addition of esoteric elements which have since passed into the mainstream of all theological traditions and even into popular spirituality.

Author Biography:

Norman Russell is Honorary Research Fellow at St Stephen's House, University of Oxford and Professor of Patristics and Byzantine Theology at the Istituto Teologico di Santa Eufemia di Calcedonia, of the Orthodox Exarchate of Italy. He is the author of acclaimed The Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition (2005).

Release date Australia

March 8th, 2024

Author

Norman Russell

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

250

Series

Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society

ISBN-13

9781108406338

Product ID

38251928

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