In The Moral Psychology of Clement of Alexandria, Kathleen Gibbons proposes a new approach to Clement s moral philosophy and explores how his construction of Christianity s relationship with Jewishness informed, and was informed by, his philosophical project. As one of the earliest Christian philosophers, Clement s work has alternatively been treated as important for understanding the history of relations between Christianity and Judaism and between Christianity and pagan philosophy. This study argues that an adequate examination of his significance for the one requires an adequate...
In The Moral Psychology of Clement of Alexandria, Kathleen Gibbons proposes a new approach to Clement s moral philosophy and explores how hi...
St Augustine's pneumatology remains one of his most distinctive, decisive, and ultimately divisive contributions to the story of Christian thought. How did his understanding of the Spirit develop? Why does he identity the Spirit with divine love and cosmic order? And from what personal and literary sources did he receive inspiration? This examination of Augustine's pneumatology - the first book-length study of this important topic available - seeks answers in Augustine's earliest extant writings, penned during the years surrounding his famed return to the Catholic Church and the height of his...
St Augustine's pneumatology remains one of his most distinctive, decisive, and ultimately divisive contributions to the story of Christian thought. Ho...
