Orthodox Readings of Aquinas (Changing Paradigms in Historical and Systematic Theology)
Brand: Oxford University Press, USA
Categories: Books, History, World



Dimensions: 0.8 x 5.4 x 8.4 inches
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0198708890
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Print length: 288 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2015
ISBN-13: 978-0198708896
Edition: 1st
subtitle: 1st Edition
author: Visit Amazon's Marcus Plested Page search results Marcus Plested
review: Editorial Reviews Review [The book] has tremendous implications for ecumenical relations between ourselves and the Eastern Orthodox...Well written and even-handed. -- The Catholic Response "The story the author tells is fascinating and holds many surprises for theologians of both Eastern and Western traditions." -- First Things "His book is both a revealing historical study of Orthodox attitudes to Aquinas and the West, and a significant contribution to ecumenical dialogue between Orthodox East and Latin West, which, despite Kipling, have met in the past and could do so again to their mutual profit." -- Theology "An important theological contribution, a clarion call for the Orthodox Church to be herself rather than to be defined as merely the opposite of all things Western." -- Theological Studies "Brilliant." -- New Blackfriars "A significant and much needed study." -- The Journal of Theological Studies "[A] very fine book." -- Times Literary Supplement "Marcus Plested has written a very important book... [A] finely researched and winsomely written survey... Orthodox Readings of Aquinas is a critically important book for Orthodox and Catholics alike." -- Nova et Vetera "...[T]his work is the first of its kind: a historical and theological introduction to the relation between Thomism and many of the major theologians in eastern Orthodoxy since the fourteenth century... Marcus Plested's pioneering book could open many doors for new research on the Byzantine theological tradition. The young English scholar has identified a nearly forgotten gold mine of doctrine, from which he has already brought forth much treasure." -- Modern Theology "...[A]n extraordinarily rich articulation and defense of Orthodox scholasticism... Plested's profoundly erudite study charts an exciting and compelling course." -- Matthew Levering, Professor of Theology, University of Dayton "M. Plested's Orthodox Readings on Aquinas [...] deserves to take the succession of Lossky's book [ Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church ] as setting a new paradigm regarding the identity and inner coherence of the Orthodox tradition." --Antoine Levy in Nicolaus: Revisita di Teologia ecumenico-patristica "I would recommend Plested's study as an important contribution toward heightened mutual understanding between, as well as more nuanced analysis of, the Eastern and Western traditions."-- American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly About the Author Marcus Plested has taught, lectured, and published widely in the field of Orthodox Christian studies. His first book was The Macarian Legacy: The Place of Macarius-Symeon in the Eastern Christian Tradition (OUP 2004).