Overview
A detailed study of one theological concept (divine mediation) that was central to the Christological controversy of the early fourth century. By analysing the views of three participants at the Council of Nicaea (325), Jon M. Robertson demonstrates the variety of perspectives in a way that questions popular approaches to the period that see the controversy as having only two sides. His analysis constitutes a new approach to the early Arian controversy, as well as showing the theological backdrop of Athanasius' insight on Christ as mediator. It further demonstrates the contemporary relevance of the issue by giving an Athanasian critique of the modern Christology of Roger Haight.
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Author: Jon M. Robertson (, Formerly Professor of Theology at the Seminario de las Iglesias del Pacto Evangélico del Ecuador in Quito, Ecuador)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.50cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 22.30cm
Weight: 0.460kg
ISBN: 9780199212606
ISBN 10: 0199212600
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 23 August 2007
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
demonstrates[s] that the ongoing scholarly revision of the major theological debates of the time still bears fruit and has yet further to go. Thomas Graumann, Journal of Ecclesiastical History This provocative book benefits from very clear (and oft-repeated) theses whixh, in some important respects, edge towards a more nauanced comprehension of the reception of Nicaea...Robertson's book has much more to commend it: it is clearly written, and its presentation of Eusebian theology is interesting vivid and strong...a significant contribution to scholarship of the fourth century, and Robertson's reading of Eusebius in particular is a vividly memorable. Andrew Teal Journal of Theological Studies This is an important book for the study of fourth century theology, and will no doubt also prove to be of wider interest: historical and systematic theologians alike will find that this excellent monograph generously repays serious reading. S. W. J Keough Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses
demonstrates[s] that the ongoing scholarly revision of the major theological debates of the time still bears fruit and has yet further to go. * Thomas Graumann, Journal of Ecclesiastical History * This provocative book benefits from very clear (and oft-repeated) theses whixh, in some important respects, edge towards a more nauanced comprehension of the reception of Nicaea...Robertson's book has much more to commend it: it is clearly written, and its presentation of Eusebian theology is interesting vivid and strong...a significant contribution to scholarship of the fourth century, and Robertson's reading of Eusebius in particular is a vividly memorable. * Andrew Teal Journal of Theological Studies * This is an important book for the study of fourth century theology, and will no doubt also prove to be of wider interest: historical and systematic theologians alike will find that this excellent monograph generously repays serious reading. * S. W. J Keough Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses *
Author Information
Jon M. Robertson was formerly Professor of Theology at the Seminario de las Iglesias del Pacto Evangélico del Ecuador in Quito, Ecuador.
