Coakley / Stang Re-thinking Dionysius the Areopagite

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-5645-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Directions in Modern Theology

Dionysius the Areopagite, the early sixth-century Christian writer,bridged Christianity and neo-Platonist philosophy. Bringingtogether a team of international scholars, this volume surveys howDionysius's thought and work has been interpreted, in bothEast and West, up to the present day.
* One of the first volumes in English to survey the receptionhistory of Dionysian thought, both East and West
* Provides a clear account of both modern and post-modern debatesabout Dionysius's standing as philosopher and Christiantheologian
* Examines the contrasts between Dionysius's own pre-modernconcerns and those of the post-modern philosophical tradition
* Highlights the great variety of historic readings of Dionysius,and also considers new theories and interpretations
* Analyzes the main points of hermeneutical contrast between Eastand West

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coakley, Sarah

Stang, Charles M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Re-Thinking Dionysius the Areopagite: Sarah Coakley(University of Cambridge).
1. Dionysius, Paul, and the Significance of the Pseudonym:Charles M. Stang (Harvard University).
2. The Earliest Syriac Reception of Dionysius: IstvánPerczel (Central European University).
3. The Reception of Dionysius up to Maximus the Confessor:Andrew Louth (Durham University).
4. The Reception of Dionysius in the Byzantine World: Maximus toPalamas: Andrew Louth (Durham University).
5. The Early Latin Dionysius: Eriugena and Hugh of St. Victor:Paul Rorem (Princeton Theological Seminary).
6. The Medieval Affective Dionysian Tradition: Boyd TaylorCoolman (Boston College).
7. Albert, Aquinas, and Dionysius: David Burrell, C.S.C(University of Notre Dame) and Isabelle Moulin.
8. Dionysius and some Late Medieval Mystical Theologians ofNorthern Europe: Denys Turner (Yale University).
9. Cusanus on Dionysius: The Turn to Speculative Theology: PeterCasarella (Depaul University).
10. Luther and Dionysius: Beyond Mere Negations: Piotr J. Malysz(Harvard University).
11. Dionysian Thought in 16th Century Spanish Mystical Theology:Luis M. Girón-Negrón (Harvard University).
12. The Reception of Dionysius in 20th Century EasternOrthodoxy: Paul L. Gavrilyuk (University of Saint Thomas).
13. Dionysius, Derrida, and the Critique of'Ontotheology': Mary-Jane Rubenstein (WesleyanUniversity).
14. Dionysius in Hans Urs von Balthasar and Jean-Luc Marion:Tamsin Jones (Harvard University).
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sarah Coakley is the Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity atthe University of Cambridge. She previously taught at Lancaster,Oxford, and Harvard Universities.
Charles M. Stang is Assistant Professor of EarlyChristian Thought at Harvard Divinity School.