Orthodox readings of Aquinas
Plested, Marcus.
Orthodox readings of Aquinas [electronic resource] / by Marcus Plested. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource. - Changing paradigms in historical and systematic theology. . - Changing paradigms in historical and systematic theology. .
Pt. I. Greek East and Latin West : an exercise in multiple perspective -- pt. II. Byzantine readings of Aquinas -- pt. III. Ottoman era and modern orthodox readings of Aquinas.
This book is the first exploration of the remarkable odyssey of Thomas Aquinas in the Orthodox Christian world, from the Byzantine to the modern era. Aquinas was received with astonishing enthusiasm across the Byzantine theological spectrum. By contrast, modern Orthodox readings of Aquinas have been resoundingly negative, routinely presenting Aquinas as the archetype of as a specifically Western form of theology against which the Orthodox East must set its face. Basing itself primarily on a close study of the Byzantine reception of Thomas, this study rejects such hackneyed dichotomies, arguing instead for a properly catholic or universal construal of Orthodoxy - one in which Thomas might once again find a place. In its probing of the East-West dichotomy, this book questions the widespread juxtaposition of Gregory Palamas and Thomas Aquinas as archetypes of opposing Greek and Latin theological traditions. The long period between the Fall of Constantinople and the Russian Revolution, conventionally written off as an era of sterility and malformation for Orthodox theology, is also viewed with a fresh perspective. Study of the reception of Thomas in this period reveals a theological sophistication and a generosity of vision that is rarely accounted for. In short, this is a book which radically re-thinks the history of Orthodox theology through the prism of the fascinating and largely untold story of Orthodox engagement with Aquinas.
Available electronically via the Internet.
9780191611674 (electronic bk.) 0191611670 (electronic bk.) 1283700107 9781283700108
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
Orthodox Eastern Church--Doctrines.
Christianity--Philosophy--History--To 1500.
RELIGION / Christian Theology / Systematic RELIGION / Christianity / General Electronic books. Thomas, Orthodox Eastern Church.
230.2092
Orthodox readings of Aquinas [electronic resource] / by Marcus Plested. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource. - Changing paradigms in historical and systematic theology. . - Changing paradigms in historical and systematic theology. .
Pt. I. Greek East and Latin West : an exercise in multiple perspective -- pt. II. Byzantine readings of Aquinas -- pt. III. Ottoman era and modern orthodox readings of Aquinas.
This book is the first exploration of the remarkable odyssey of Thomas Aquinas in the Orthodox Christian world, from the Byzantine to the modern era. Aquinas was received with astonishing enthusiasm across the Byzantine theological spectrum. By contrast, modern Orthodox readings of Aquinas have been resoundingly negative, routinely presenting Aquinas as the archetype of as a specifically Western form of theology against which the Orthodox East must set its face. Basing itself primarily on a close study of the Byzantine reception of Thomas, this study rejects such hackneyed dichotomies, arguing instead for a properly catholic or universal construal of Orthodoxy - one in which Thomas might once again find a place. In its probing of the East-West dichotomy, this book questions the widespread juxtaposition of Gregory Palamas and Thomas Aquinas as archetypes of opposing Greek and Latin theological traditions. The long period between the Fall of Constantinople and the Russian Revolution, conventionally written off as an era of sterility and malformation for Orthodox theology, is also viewed with a fresh perspective. Study of the reception of Thomas in this period reveals a theological sophistication and a generosity of vision that is rarely accounted for. In short, this is a book which radically re-thinks the history of Orthodox theology through the prism of the fascinating and largely untold story of Orthodox engagement with Aquinas.
Available electronically via the Internet.
9780191611674 (electronic bk.) 0191611670 (electronic bk.) 1283700107 9781283700108
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
Orthodox Eastern Church--Doctrines.
Christianity--Philosophy--History--To 1500.
RELIGION / Christian Theology / Systematic RELIGION / Christianity / General Electronic books. Thomas, Orthodox Eastern Church.
230.2092