Christ, the Spirit, and Human Transformation in Gregory of Nyssa's In Canticum Canticorum
Author(s): Alexander L. Abecina (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: September 15, 2023
- Language: English
- Print length: 284 pages
- ISBN-10: 0197745946
- ISBN-13: 9780197745946
Book Description
Engaging with the latest contemporary scholarship on Gregory of Nyssa, the author shows how Gregory’s allegorical interpretation of the
Song of Songs represents a corresponding account of human transformation and union with God from the perspective of subjective experience of this reality. Rather than marking a new development in Gregory’s mature thought, Abecina demonstrates that the subjective experience gained from Gregory’s reading of the Song of Songs recapitulates the key elements of his objective account and therefore renders coherent his earlier soteriological doctrine.Editorial Reviews
Review
“Abecina has produced a very helpful close reading of Gregory’s pneumatology in his homilies on the Song of Songs, showing how deeply Gregory’s vision of the Spirit draws together his understanding of the Christian’s transformation in the body of Christ and his Trinitarian theology. This book models for us how we must attend to the theological dynamics of Gregory’s texts.” — Lewis Ayres, Professor of Catholic and Historical Theology, Durham University and Professorial Fellow, Australian Catholic University
About the Author
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