How Deification Became Eastern: German Idealism, Liberal Protestantism, and the Modern Misconstruction of the Doctrine

This article develops an original account of the rise of the modern misperception of deification as an exclusively Eastern Christian doctrine antithetical to Western theology. The study argues that the origins of the misconstruction lie in the distorting influence of German Idealism on the seminal t...

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Main Author: McInroy, Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2021
In: Modern theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 37, Issue: 4, Pages: 934-958
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ritschl, Albrecht 1822-1889 / Baur, Ferdinand Christian 1792-1860 / German Idealism / Deification / Orthodox Church
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KDA Church denominations
NBK Soteriology
NBM Doctrine of Justification
VA Philosophy
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