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Of God and man [electronic resource] : theology as anthropology from Irenaeus to Athanasius / Matthew C. Steenberg.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : T & T Clark, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (x, 208 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780567600479 (electronic bk.)
  • 0567600475 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Of God and man.DDC classification:
  • 230 22
LOC classification:
  • BT65 .S73 2009eb
Other classification:
  • 11.51
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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
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Includes bibliographical referencesn and index.

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.

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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

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