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Wiley Blackwell Companion to Patristics
Ken . Ed(S): Parry
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Description for Wiley Blackwell Companion to Patristics
Hardback. This comprehensive volume brings together a team of distinguished scholars to create a wide-ranging introduction to patristic authors and their contributions to not only theology and spirituality, but to philosophy, ecclesiology, linguistics, hagiography, liturgics, homiletics, iconology, and other fields. Editor(s): Parry, Ken. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Religion. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 181 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1000.
This comprehensive volume brings together a team of distinguished scholars to create a wide-ranging introduction to patristic authors and their contributions to not only theology and spirituality, but to philosophy, ecclesiology, linguistics, hagiography, liturgics, homiletics, iconology, and other fields.
- Challenges accepted definitions of patristics and the patristic period – in particular questioning the Western framework in which the field has traditionally been constructed
- Includes the work of authors who wrote in languages other than Latin and Greek, including those within the Coptic, Armenian, Syriac, and Arabic Christian traditions
- Examines the reception history of prominent as well as lesser-known figures, debating the role of each, and exploring why many have undergone periods of revived interest
- Offers synthetic accounts of a number of topics central to patristic studies, including scripture, scholasticism, and the Reformation
- Demonstrates the continuing role of these writings in enriching and inspiring our understanding of Christianity
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
Series
Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Religion
Number of Pages
552
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118438718
SKU
V9781118438718
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About Ken . Ed(S): Parry
Ken Parry is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University, Sydney. He researches and publishes in the fields of late antiquity, Byzantine studies, and Eastern Christianity. He is the founding editor of the series Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity, and editor of The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity (1999), The Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity (2007), and co-editor of Byzantium, Its Neighbours and Its Cultures (2014).
Reviews for Wiley Blackwell Companion to Patristics
"There is nothing to my knowledge quite like this volume... this is a fascinating and innovative volume. It should certainly be required reading for advanced graduate students, and most professional researchers will gain from considering its challenges to current practices, both in relation to content and methodology." (Frances Young, Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum Journal of Ancient Christianity, 2017; 21(2) "The volume certainly is worth purchasing.... It is handy to have now a single volume which holds so many historical keys. Readers may now follow a text through the centuries." (The Ds Commentary on Books, Fall 2017) "Undergraduates should have access to at least one of these two resources, and the present compendium is excellent for research." (CHOICE, 2016)