Mind of Christ

Humility and the Intellect in Early Christian Theology

AvStephen T. Pardue,Ian a. McFarland

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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This book brings a variety of theological resources to bear on the now widespread effort to put humility in its proper place. In recent years, an assortment of thinkers have offered competing evaluations of humility, so that its moral status is now more contentious than ever. Like all accounts of humility, the one advanced in this study has to do with the proper handling of human limits.What early Christian resources offer, and what discussions of the issue since the eighteenth century have often overlooked, is an account of the ways in which human limits are permeable, superable and open to modification because of the working of divine grace. This notion is especially relevant for a renewed vision of intellectual humility—the primary aim of the project—but the study will also suggest the significance of the argument for ameliorating contemporary concerns about humility’s generally adverse effects.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-08-29
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:494 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:T&T Clark Studies in Systematic Theology
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780567420589

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

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Stephen Pardue is Assistant Professor of Theology at the Asia Graduate School of Theology (Manila). He has published articles in Scottish Journal of Theology, International Journal of Systematic Theology, and Journal of Theological Interpretation.

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Stephen Pardue's treatment of humility is scripturally faithful, theologically profound, and spiritually nourishing. He treats this virtue in ways that honor both intellectual and ethical concerns. The book is clearly and beautifully written. Above all, it directs our focus consistently toward God's self-giving in Jesus Christ - toward that which ultimately defines our human dignity.

Innehållsförteckning

1. The Theological Value of the 'Forgotten' Virtue2. In the Form of a Servant: Humility in Canonical Context3. Humility and Acquaintance with God: Gregory of Nyssa and Early Christian Tradition4. Kenosis and Its Discontents: Toward an Augustinian Account of Divine Humility5. Christ and Curiositas: Intellectual Humility and the Transformation of Human Limits