Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Christian Theology - History

Die monumentale Widerlegung "Gegen Julian" des Erzbischofs von Alexandrien, Kyrill (um 378-444 n.Chr.), zahlt zu den wichtigsten Dokumenten fur die geistigen Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Heiden und Christen in der Spatantike, einer haufig mit der Gegenwart verglichenen Umbruchzeit. Kyrill unternimmt darin den Versuch, die Argumente, die der vormals selbst christlich erzogene Kaiser Julian (361-363) in seiner angriffigen Streitschrift "Gegen die Galilaer" im Anschluss an fruhere heidnische Intellektuelle gegen das Christentum vorgebracht hatte und die offensichtlich noch weit uber dessen...

This book traces the reinterpretations of the famous North African martyr text Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis in the literature of the early Church from the 3rd century up to the times of Augustine. This recontextualization reaches its peak in the so-called Acta Perpetuaethat represent a radical rewriting of the original and an attempt to replace itwith a purified text more compliant with the socio-theological conventions of that time.

As part of the first critical edition of Augustine's commentary on the Psalms, the edition of Expositions on Psalms 101-150 was developed in collaboration between the CSEL and the Istituto Patristico Augustinianum (Rome). This volume completes the sub-project, developed by Franco Gori together with Angelo De Nicola.

Procopius of Gaza wrote a major commentary on most of the historical books of the Old Testament (CPG 7430). This volume presents the first section, devoted to Genesis, for the first time in the complete Greek text. Amidst Procopius's continuous text we find a collection of excerpts that is of extraordinary value as a source in places where the original work was lost due to Council decisions or historical events.

The aim of this volume is to assess Friedrich Schleiermacher's contribution to the theory of translation two centuries after his address "On the Different Methods of Translating" at the Academy of Sciences in Berlin, and to explore its potential for generating future innovative work. For the first time this classic text forms the object of a focused, interdisciplinary approach. Scholars of philosophy and translation, working in English, French and German, provide a close reading of Schleiermacher's lecture and combine their efforts in order to highlight the fundamental role translation...

Der Sammelband vereinigt die Beitrage der Arbeitsgruppe -Athanasius-, die auf der XVI. International Conference on Patristic Studies (Oxford 2011) gehalten wurden. Das Spektrum reicht von allgemeinen kirchenrechtlichen Problemen zu einzelnen Betrachtungen der wichtigsten Synoden (Chalkedon, Mailand, Ankyra, Rimini).

This work retraces the ways that Paul Tillich conceived of the question of apologetics. It refers back to the theologian's earliest writings and shows a shift in his understanding of apologetics: he went from an apologetics of attack toward an apologetics of response, tied to his correlative method. In addition, the study takes up the debate between Tillich and Barth on this subject, and envisages a breakthrough in interreligious dialogue.

Includes a foreword by Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury.

The Cappadocian fathers of the fourth century--Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa and Gregory Nazianzen--produced thoughts on the Trinity, the creation, the incarnation, the holistic reading of scripture and the discipline of the soul which are playing a more seminal role in Christian theology today that at any time in the last four hundred years. Too often, however, their teachings are appropriated in a piecemeal manner, with no acknowledgement of their mutual interdependence.

In this comprehensive introduction...