Theosis, Vol 2: James Clarke

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.