Deification in the Eastern Orthodox tradition
Subtitle: a biblical perspective
By: Stephen Thomas.
Edition: 1st Gorgias Press ed.
Series: Gorgias eastern Christian studies -- 2
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Piscaraway, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781593333249
Subjects: Orthodox Eastern Church -- Doctrines; Deification (Christianity); Salvation -- Orthodox Eastern Church; Grace (Theology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Salvation as deification; title: The meaning of the term deification as applied to the Christian; title: Isn't it blasphemous to claim to be a God?; title: I said you are Gods starting from the Bible : John 10:34, Psalm 82:6; title: The humanity of God makes possible the deification of humanity; title: Deification : overview of the Eastern Orthodox tradition; title: A total theology; title: The Christian meaning of deification : a summary; title: Deification as healing; title: The transformation of our nature; title: Paradise after death; title: The resurrection of the glorified body at the end of the age; title: Deification and the communion of the saints; title: In the image and likeness of God; title: Deification and the work of salvation; title: Deification is the gracious work of the whole Trinity; title: The uncreated energies of God; title: Deification through a fully liturgical life; title: The nature of Orthodox mysticism; title: Orthodox theology is practical, not speculative; title: Orthodox theology is based on the Bible; title: Revelation and experience; title: Deification is based on divine revelation; title: The forms of divine revelation; title: The threefold structure of divine revelation as manifested in Orthodox life and thought; title: Divine revelation and human language; title: How to interpret Holy Scripture, our guide to deification; title: The importance of Scripture; title: The letter and the spirit; title: The Scriptures as treasuries of spiritual experience; title: The big picture : the meaning of the Bible as a whole; title: The various senses of Scripture; title: The Old Testament : the history of the energies of God in the Bible; title: Why read the Old Testament?; title: The Old Testament as an integral part of the history of God's grace; title: The creation of man to share the kingship of God : Genesis 1:12:3; title: Paradise lost : Genesis 2:43:24; title: The natural man from Adam to Noah; title: Moses and the law : the Hebrew theology of revelation; title: The prophecies of fulfillment in Christ : how the Old Testament speaks of Christ and the mysteries of the church; title: The saints of the Old Testament; title: Adam our ancestor?; title: The uncreated light of Mount Thabor; title: The light of glory; title: The transfiguration in the Gospels; title: The experience St. Peter; title: The experience of St. John the Evangelist and theologian; title: The experience of St. James the Greater, the son of Zebedee; title: St. Paul's experience of the uncreated light; title: At the foot of the mountain.