Creation and Contingency in Early Patristic Thought (Paperback)

Language: English

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD, 2020

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Paperback. Creation and Contingency in Early Patristic Thought: The Beginning of All Things explores the interface between philosophy and theology in the development of the seminal Christian doctrine of creation ex nihilo. While its main focus lies in an analysis of first to third century patristic accounts of creation, it is likewise attuned to their parallelism with Middle Platonic commentaries on Platos theory of cosmological origins in the Timaeus. Just as Christian thinkers sounded out the theological implications of Gn 1:1-2, the successors to Platos Academy debated the significance of his teaching (Tim. 28b) that the world came to be. The fact that both Genesis and the Timaeus address the beginning of all things served as a means of bridging the conceptual gap between the Greek philosophical tradition and a Christian perspective rooted in scriptural teaching. Platos Timaeus and the doxographies it inspired thus provided early Fathers of the Church with the dialectical resources for explicating their distinctive understanding of creation as a bringing into being from nothing. This book assumes an interdisciplinary character, providing a window into the subtle relationship between faith and reason in early patristic thought and its relevance for forging the doctrine of creation ex nihilo. In so doing, it highlights the extent to which early Christia. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Title
Creation and Contingency in Early Patristic Thought (Paperback)
Author
Joseph Torchia, OP
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD
Publication year
2020
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Paperback
Language
English
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