Gregory of Nazianzus, known best for his Christology and Trinitarian doctrine, presents an incomparable vision of the image of God. In this book, Gabrielle Thomas offers a close analysis of his writings and demonstrates how Nazianzen depicts both the nature and experience of the image of God throughout his corpus. She argues that Nazianzen's vision of the human person as an image of God is best understood in light of biblical and extra-biblical themes. To establish the breadth of his approach, Thomas analyzes the image of God against the backdrop of Nazianzen's beliefs about Christology, Pneumatology, creation, sin, spiritual warfare, ethics, and theosis. Interpreted accordingly, Nazianzen offers a dynamic and multifaceted account of the image of God, which has serious implications both for Cappadocian studies and contemporary theological anthropology.
Gregory of Nazianzus, known best for his Christology and Trinitarian doctrine, presents an incomparable vision of the image of God. In this book, Gabrielle Thomas offers a close analysis of his writings and demonstrates how Nazianzen depicts both the nature and experience of the image of God throughout his corpus. She argues that Nazianzen's vision of the human person as an image of God is best understood in light of biblical and extra-biblical themes. To establish the breadth of his approach, Thomas analyzes the image of God against the backdrop of Nazianzen's beliefs about Christology, Pneumatology, creation, sin, spiritual warfare, ethics, and theosis. Interpreted accordingly, Nazianzen offers a dynamic and multifaceted account of the image of God, which has serious implications both for Cappadocian studies and contemporary theological anthropology.
Über den Autor
Gabrielle Thomas is Lecturer in Early Christian and Anglican Studies at Yale Divinity School, Connecticut and is an ordained priest in the Church of England. Prior to moving to the U.S., she worked as an assistant professor (research) at Durham University, U.K. and served as a Minor Canon in Durham Cathedral. Her publications include the monograph The Image of God in the Theology of Gregory of Nazianzus (Cambridge University Press, 2019), and she has written articles for the Scottish Journal of Theology, Exchange and Studia Patristica, as well as a number of chapters for edited collections, and articles for the popular Christian press. She is a member of the theological reflection group of the Archbishop of Canterbury, which meets at Lambeth Palace bi-annually and serves on the Church of England's Living in Love and Faith project.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Being an image of God; 2. Jesus Christ, the identical image; 3. Creation of the image of God; 4. The image of God and the devil; 5. Theosis and the divine image.
