Research Catalog

Title

Alexandrian legacy : a critical appraisal / edited by Doru Costache, Philip Kariatlis and Mario Baghos.

Publication

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

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Additional Authors

• Costache, Doru
• Kariatlis, Philip
• Baghos, Mario
• St. Andrew's Patristic Symposium (2012 : St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological Seminary)
• St. Andrew's Patristic Symposium (2013 : St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological Seminary)

Description

xxi, 420 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"This volume brings together contributions exploring a range of aspects of the Alexandrian patristic tradition from the second half of the second century to the first half of the fifth century, a tradition whose complex and significant legacy is at times misunderstood and, in some quarters, wholly neglected. With contributions by both Australian and international scholars, the fourteen chapters here highlight that, behind the complexity of this tradition, one finds a vibrant Christian spirit - granted, one that has successfully put on the flesh of Hellenistic culture - and a consistent striving towards the reformation and transformation of the human being according to the gospel. Furthermore, this volume contributes a nuanced voice to the scholarly choir which already hums a new song about Christian Alexandria and its representatives. Indeed, these contributions are interdisciplinary in approach, combining methods pertaining to the fields of historiography, theology and philosophy, pastoral care, hermeneutics, hagiography, and spirituality. By way of this complex approach, this book brings together areas which currently evolve in separate scholarly universes, which is wholly befitting to the complexities entailed by the ever-challenging Alexandrian legacy."--Publisher's website.

Subjects

• Fathers of the church, Greek
• Alexandrian school, Christian
• Philosophy and religion > History > Early church, ca. 30-600
• Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

Note

• Papers presented at two successive meetings of the St. Andrew's Patristic Symposium, held in 2012 and 2013 at St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological Seminary in Sydney, Australia.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Introduction / Doru Costache, Philip Kariatlis, and Mario Baghos -- Hierarchy, eldership, isangelia : Clement of Alexandria and the ascetic tradition / Bogdan G. Bucur -- Origen and logcentrism : a few observations on a recent debate / Vlad M. Niculescu -- Athanasius' Letters to Serapion : resource for a twenty-first century theology of God and the trinity / Denis Edwards -- The gift of receptivity : St. Athanasius on the security of salvation / Adam G. Cooper -- Soteriological insights in St. Athanasius' On the incarnation / Philip Kariatlis -- The Chora within : unveiling asceticism in St. Athanasius' Life of St. Antony / Andrew Mellas -- The traditional portrayal of St. Athanasius according to Rufinus, Socrates, Sozomen, and Theodoret / Mario Baghos -- The Festal letters of the Patriarchs of Alexandria : evidence for social history in the fourth and fifth centuries / Pauline Allen -- The philosophical theology of St. Cyril's Against Julian / David Bradshaw -- St. Cyril on the priesthood of Christ and the Old Testament / Jonathan Douglas Hicks -- St. Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, and pastoral care / Pauline Allen -- Ecclesial memory and secular history in the conflicting representations of St. Cyril of Alexandria / Mario Baghos -- Worldview and melodic imagery in the Alexandrian tradition and certain patristic antecedents / Doru Costache -- Adam's holiness in the Alexandrine and Athonite traditions / Doru Costache.

Call Number

JFD 17-874

ISBN

• 9781443880015
• 1443880019

OCLC

921166588

Title

Alexandrian legacy : a critical appraisal / edited by Doru Costache, Philip Kariatlis and Mario Baghos.

Publisher

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Note

ED: ST ANDREWS GREEK ORTHODOX THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE. PAPERS PREV. PUB. IN ISSUES OF: PHRONEMA.

Added Author

Costache, Doru, editor.

Kariatlis, Philip, editor.

Baghos, Mario, editor.

St. Andrew's Patristic Symposium (2012 : St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological Seminary)

St. Andrew's Patristic Symposium (2013 : St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological Seminary)

Research Call Number

JFD 17-874