ISBN : 9780199673957
This work considers Maximus the Confessor (c.580-662), one of the most discussed early Christian theologians in contemporary patristic studies. It builds on recent scholarship while also providing fresh readings of Maximus as an ancient ecumenical theologian as well as of his recontextualization in contemporary theology.
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Introduction
Part I: Backgrounds
1 Maximus in His Historical Setting: Betwixt and Between
2 Writing Theology in Early Byzantium
Part II: The Cosmic Landscapes of Maximus's Theology
3 Creation as the Drama of Divine Freedom and Resourcefulness
4 Maximus's Cosmic Christology: Flesh Transfiguring the World
5 The Church and Its Liturgy as Threshold of the New Creation
Part III: Maximus's Vision for the Transfigured Creation
6 Protology and Teleology in Maximus's Interpretation of Human Nature, Human Fallenness, and Human Hope
7 Active Passivity: Maximus on the Passion of Jesus Christ
8 Love, Desire, and Virtue: Transfigured Life in Christ and the Spirit
Part IV: Maximus's Afterlife East and West
9 Recontextualizations of Maximus East and West
Epilogue
Select Bibliography
Index