Theosis II: Deification in Christian Theology, Volume Two

Vladimir Kharlamov (PhD, Drew) has taught at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Sioux Falls Seminary, the author of The Beauty of the Unity and the Harmony of the Whole: The Concept of Theosis in the Theology of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (2009), and coeditor, with Stephen Finlan, of Theosis: Deification in Christian Theology (2006).

List of Contributors Abbreviations Introduction - Vladimir Kharlamov 1 Deification in Jesus' Teaching - Stephen Finlan 2 The Idea of Deification in the Early Eastern Church - Ivan V. Popov (trans. Boris Jakim) 3 Clement of Alexandria on Trinitarian and Metaphysical Relationality in the Context of Deification - Vladimir Kharlamov 4 Basil of Caesarea and the Cappadocians on the Distinction between Essence and Energies in God and Its Relevance to the Deification Theme - Vladimir Kharlamov 5 Bridging the Gap: Theosis in Antioch and Alexandria - Joel C. Elowsky 6 Theosis, Texts and Identity: the Philokalia (1782) - a Case Study - Paul M. Collins 7 Between Creation and Salvation: Theosis and Theurgy - Paul M. Collins 8 Participation in God: The Appropriation of Theosis by Contemporary Baptist Theologians - Mark S. Medley Resources for Deification in Christian Theology - Vladimir Kharlamov Bibliography for Sources Cited in This Volume Index

"... Altogether, the volume represents solid and careful scholarship..." Ashish Varma, Theological book review, Vol. 24, No 2, 2012.