Disability in the Greek Patristic Tradition (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Maican, Petre

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the profound ways in which key thinkers from the Greek Christian East engaged with the realities of human frailty, impairment, and divine purpose.
Edited by Petre Maican, the collection features essays on figures such as Irenaeus of Lyon, Origen, the Cappadocians, John Chrysostom, Maximus the Confessor, and John Damascene. Each contribution brings these voices to life for a modern audience, offering fresh perspectives that illuminate their relevance to contemporary conversations within disability theology. This volume bridges the ancient and the modern, fostering dialogue and creativity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978717084
• Artikelnr.: 75942365

Autorenporträt

Petre Maican is associate researcher at The Institute for Eastern Christian Studies of Radboud University (The Netherlands).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Petre Maican Chapter 1: Irenaeus of Lyons and Disability
Isaac T. Soon Chapter 2: Disability in Origen: Greek Philosophy
Saint Paul
and the Theology of the Cross
Ilaria L.E. Ramelli Chapter 3: The Cappadocian Fathers on Human Fragility and the Church's Response
John A. McGuckin Chapter 4: Disability in the Writings of Gregory Nazianzen
Brian J. Matz Chapter 5: Gregory of Nyssa
Richard Cross Chapter 6: Disability in the Thought of John Chrysostom
Wendy Mayer Chapter 7: Liberating Human Nature From Corruptibility: Maximus the Confessor and the Spiritual Model of Disability
Marius Portaru Chapter 8: John of Damascus
Scott Ables