The mind of Christ: humility and the intellect in early Christian theology

This book brings a variety of theological resources to bear on the now widespread effort to put humility in its proper place. In recent years, an assortment of thinkers have offered competing evaluations of humility, so that its moral status is now more contentious than ever. Like all accounts of hu...

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Main Author: Pardue, Stephen T. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: London T & T Clark 2013
In:Year: 2013
Reviews:The Mind of Christ: Humility and the Intellect in Early Christian Theology by Stephen T. Pardue, Bloomsbury, 2013 (ISBN 978-0-5674-2058-9), xii + 210 pp., hb £65 (2015) (Admirand, Peter)
Series/Journal:T & T Clark studies in systematic theology
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Christianity / Humility / Kenosis / Knowability of God
Further subjects:B Theology History Middle Ages, 600-1500
B Humility Religious aspects Christianity
B Theology History Early church, ca. 30-600
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Summary:This book brings a variety of theological resources to bear on the now widespread effort to put humility in its proper place. In recent years, an assortment of thinkers have offered competing evaluations of humility, so that its moral status is now more contentious than ever. Like all accounts of humility, the one advanced in this study has to do with the proper handling of human limits. What early Christian resources offer, and what discussions of the issue since the eighteenth century have often overlooked, is an account of the ways in which human limits are permeable, superable and open to modification because of the working of divine grace. This notion is especially relevant for a renewed vision of intellectual humility-the primary aim of the project-but the study will also suggest the significance of the argument for ameliorating contemporary concerns about humility`s generally adverse effects.
ISBN:0567420582