Gregory Palamas and the Making of Palamism in the Modern Age. By Norman Russell
The twentieth and twenty-first centuries have seen a flowering of publications about Gregory Palamas. Many important studies have appeared, helping us understand his theology, as well as the context within which it was developed; this excellent monograph is undoubtedly one of the finest. The first p...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2020
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 71, Issue: 2, Pages: 940-943 |
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| Summary: | The twentieth and twenty-first centuries have seen a flowering of publications about Gregory Palamas. Many important studies have appeared, helping us understand his theology, as well as the context within which it was developed; this excellent monograph is undoubtedly one of the finest. The first part deals with the historical reception of Palamite theology in Orthodoxy and in the West. The central notion here is Palamism, a term invented by both Western and Eastern theologians (mainly Martin Jugie and John Meyendorff) for polemical or apologetic reasons. By Palamism, Russell refers to an understanding of Palamite theology, either friendly or inimical, which does not correspond to the real thinking and purposes of Palamas. It is more an ideology than a genuine interpretation of the mind of this great Church Father. For this reason, the author persuasively argues that we should now go beyond Palamism by ‘raising the larger questions’. And this is the topic of the second part of the book, which, based on a meticulous analysis of the theology of Palamas, explores the following important subjects: what does doctrinal development mean? How is a participatory understanding of the divine mystery to be attained? What is the reality of divine-human communion? And, finally, could Palamas become ‘the inheritance of all Christians’? |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa136 |