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The Origenist Controversy: The Cultural Construction of an Early Christian Debate
Elizabeth A. Clark
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paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
Around the turn of the fifth century, Christian theologians and churchmen contested each other's orthodoxy and good repute by hurling charges of "Origenism" at their opponents. And although orthodoxy was more narrowly defined by that era than during Origen's lifetime in the third century, his speculative, Platonizing theology was not the only issue at stake in the Origenist controversy: "Origen" became a code word for nontheological complaints as well. Elizabeth Clark explores the theological and extra-theological implications of the dispute, uses social network analysis to explain the personal alliances and enmities of its participants, and suggests how it prefigured modern ... Read more
Around the turn of the fifth century, Christian theologians and churchmen contested each other's orthodoxy and good repute by hurling charges of "Origenism" at their opponents. And although orthodoxy was more narrowly defined by that era than during Origen's lifetime in the third century, his speculative, Platonizing theology was not the only issue at stake in the Origenist controversy: "Origen" became a code word for nontheological complaints as well. Elizabeth Clark explores the theological and extra-theological implications of the dispute, uses social network analysis to explain the personal alliances and enmities of its participants, and suggests how it prefigured modern ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691603513
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V9780691603513
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"This is a distinguished book by a first-class scholar who has mastered a huge mass of material and tells a story where both the religious ideas and the human interest are gripping stuff. The densely packed information is skillfully presented so that one never loses sight of the shape of the whole."
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