Gregory of Nyssa and the Grasp of Faith: Union, Knowledge, and Divine Presence. By Martin Laird. Pp. xii + 240. (Oxford Early Christian Studies.) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. isbn 0 19 926799 5. £50
This book takes a new look at the much-discussed theme of the ascent to God in Gregory of Nyssa's theology by focusing on three interconnected ideas: the concept of faith; the idea of logophasis (Laird's neologism), and Gregory's use of light imagery. Laird aims to modify the common a...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2006, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 310-312 |
| Review of: | Gregory of Nyssa and the grasp of faith (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2004) (Ludlow, Morwenna)
Gregory of Nyssa and the grasp of faith (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2004) (Ludlow, Morwenna) |
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| Summary: | This book takes a new look at the much-discussed theme of the ascent to God in Gregory of Nyssa's theology by focusing on three interconnected ideas: the concept of faith; the idea of logophasis (Laird's neologism), and Gregory's use of light imagery. Laird aims to modify the common assessment of Gregory's apophatic theology which stresses the soul's inability to know God and Gregory's consequent use of darkness metaphors., Laird argues that according to Gregory, individuals function at different levels: the mind (dianoia) can be distracted by passion, can rise to the level of discursive reasoning, or can ascend to a higher ‘realm of the non-discursive’ (ch. 2). |
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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/fli178 |