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Ludlow, Morwenna.

Gregory of Nyssa ancient and (post)modern / [electronic resource] : Morwenna Ludlow. - Oxford ; New York : University Press, 2007. - 1 online resource (x, 314 p.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-305) and index.

The fourth-century Christian thinker, Gregory of Nyssa, has been the subject of a huge variety of interpretations over the past fifty years, from historians, theologians, philosophers, and others. In this highly original study, Morwenna Ludlow analyses these recent readings of Gregory of Nyssa and asks: What do they reveal about modern and postmodern interpretations of the Christian past? What do they say about the nature of Gregory's writing? Working thematically through studies ofrecent Trinitarian theology, Christology, spirituality, feminism, and postmodern hermeneutics, Ludlow develops an.

ISBN: 9780191535789 (electronic bk.) 0191535788 (electronic bk.)

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, ca. 335-ca. 394.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Christians.
Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, ca. 335-ca. 394.
Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint.
Religion.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Systematic.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BR65.G76 / L83 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 230/.14092