Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski

Clement of Alexandria (eBook, PDF)

A Project of Christian Perfection

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines Clement's project which brings together ethical, intellectual and spiritual development of a Christian while highlighting the need of search for integrity in the life of faith and reason. Approaches to Clement have traditionally either assessed the philosophical context of his thought or studied the adaptation of Greek legacy into a new Christian context as underpinning Clement's work. In this new study Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski challenges and develops these approaches providing new and refreshing insights into Clement's understanding of Christian perfection.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567418128
• Artikelnr.: 40778456

Autorenporträt

Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at King's College London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part one 1.1.Life and works re-examined 1.2.The Catechetical
school as a part of Clement's puzzle. 2. Hellenistic Judaism and its role
in Clement's project. 2.1. Moses as the archetype of perfection: Philo of
Alexandria and Clement. 2.2. The role of the metaphor of the High Priest:
Philo, Clement and the Letter to the Hebrews. 2.3. The Hebrew attitude of
fo&boj and its role in Clement's project. 3. Philosophical scholae
inspiring Clement's project. 3.1. Pythagoras and Plato: their influence on
Clement's ideal. 3.2. The Stoics and philosophical therapy. 3.3. Clement's
eclecticism as a hermeneutical method. 4. Alternative hetero-Gnostic models
of perfection in Clement's work. 4.1. Traditions - Scriptures - diversity.
4.2. Basilides and Valentinus and their schools in Clement's dossier. 4.3.
The libertine groups and the extreme ascetic sects. PART TWO 5. The path to
perfection. 5.1. Becoming a Gnostic - becoming Cherubim-like. 5.2. Becoming
a contemplative Gnostic - becoming the Gnostic Levite. 5.3. The climax of
perfection. 6. Ekklesia Gnostike - the natural habitat of the Christian
Gnostic. 6.1. Membership and the marks of the church. 6.2. The manifold
functions of the Church. Conclusion Bibliography Biblical Index Modern
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