Douglass, Scott

Reading the Church Fathers edited by Morwenna Ludlow and Scot Douglass. - xxiii, 200 pages ; 24 cm

Papers from a conference held in Boulder, Colorado in May 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-195) and index.

pt. 1. Reading postmodern readings of the Fathers. Jean-Luc Marion's reading of Dionysius the Areopagite : hermeneutics and reception history / Johannes Zachhuber -- Time and the responsibilities of reading : revisiting Derrida and Dionysius / David Newheiser -- Seeing God in bodies : Wolfson, Rosenzweig, Augustine / Virginia Burrus -- pt. 2. Reading postmodern thinkers in parallel with reading the Fathers. Emmanuel Levinas and Gregory of Nyssaon on reading, desire and subjectivity / Tamsin Jones -- The combinatory detour : the prefix [sun-] in Gregory of Nyssa's production of theological knowledge / Scot Douglass -- pt. 3. Reading the Fathers reading themselves. Text and context : the importance of scholarly reading : Gregory of Nyssa, Contra Eunomium / Matthieu Cassin -- Anatomy : investigating the body of texts in Origen and Gregory of Nyssa / Morwenna Ludlow -- Afterword: Conversations about reading.

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Fathers of the church--Congresses.
Early Christian Literature--History and Criticism--Church Fathers --Congresses.


Conference papers and proceedings.

BR67 / .R42 2011

270.0922 / D737R