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Theosis in Recent Research: A Renewal of Interest and a Need for Clarity

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Author

Editor

  • Michael J Christensen
  • Jeffery A Wittung

Summary, in English

This article was given as a paper at the conference on Deification/Theosis at Drew University, Madison, N.J. in May 2004. The article adresses the growing interest in deification/theosis in contemporary Western theology. Recent research on deification/theosis in Luther and Thomas Aquinas are critically evaluated. The article ends with a proposal. For the better understanding of similarities and differences between Eastern and Western talk on the topic one should distinguish between the theme of deification/theosis and the doctrine proper.

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Publication/Series

Partakers of the Divine Nature. The History and Development of Deification in the Christian Traditions.

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Farleigh Dickinson University Press, Cranbury, N.J.

Topic

  • History of Religions
  • Religious Studies

Keywords

  • deification
  • theosis
  • soteriology
  • Palamas
  • Luther
  • Aquinas

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9780838641118 ; 0838641113