Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Part 1: The Context of Theosis in Christianity
The Promise, Process, and Problem of Theosis--Michael J. Christensen
The Place of Theosis in Orthodox Theology--Andrew Louth
Part II: Theosis in Classical and Late Antiquity
Deification of the Philosopher in Classical Greece--John R. Lenz
Can We Speak of Theosis in Paul?--Stephen Finlan
Does 2 Peter 1:4 Speak of Deification?--James Starr
Part III: Theosis in Patristic Thought
The Strategic Adaptation of Deification in the Cappadocians--J. A. McGuckin
Rhetorical Application of Theosis in Greek Patristic Theology--Vladimir Kharlamov
Divinization as Perichoretic Embrace in Maximus the Confessor--Elena Vishnevskaya
Paradise as the Landscape of Salvation in Ephrem the Syrian--Thomas Buchan
Part IV: Theosis in Medieval and Reformation Thought
The Copto-Arabic Tradition of Theosis: A Eucharistic Reading of John 3:51-57 in Bulus al-Bushi's Treatise On the Incarnation--Stephen J. Davis
St. Anselm: Theoria and the Doctrinal Logic of Perfection--Nathan R. Kerr
Martin Luther: "Little Christ's for the World"; Faith and Sacraments as Means to Theosis--Jonathan Linman
John Calvin: United to God through Christ--J. Todd Billings
John Wesley: Christian Perfection as Faith Filled with the Energy of Love--Michael J. Christensen
Part V: Theosis in Modern Thought
Neo-Palamism, Divinizing Grace, and the Breach between East and West--Jeffrey D. Finch
Sergius Bulgakov: Russian Theosis--Boris Jakim
Karl Rahner: Divinization in Roman Catholicism--Francis J. Caponi OSA
Theosis in Recent Research: A Renewal of Interest and a Need for Clarity--Gösta Hallonsten
Resources on Theosis with Select Primary Sources in Translation--Jeffery A. Wittung

About the Author

Michael J. Christensen (PhD, Drew University) is director of the DMin program and teaches spirituality and religious studies at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. Jeffery A. Wittung is a PhD candidate at Drew University and an editor at Baker Academic in Grand Rapids, Michigan.