Author: of Nyssa, Saint Gregory
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Keywords: greco, roman, world, writings, jews, gregory, nyssa, testimonies, pseudo
Number of Pages: 202
Published: 2005-03
List price: $126.00
ISBN-10: 9004130403
ISBN-13: 9789004130401

Author: Lucian Turcescu
Publisher: An American Academy of Religion Book
Keywords: academy, religion, series, american, persons, nyssa, concept, divine, gregory
Number of Pages: 186
Published: 2005-02-17
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0195174259
ISBN-13: 9780195174250

The concept of personhood is central to a wide range of contemporary issues, ranging from reproductive rights to the death penalty and euthanasia. We may think that the concept of person is a modern development. In fact, however, this idea does not originate with our discovery of human rights, consciousness, and individuality. In this study Lucian Turcescu shows that the fourth-century theologian Gregory of Nyssa developed a very sophisticated concept of the person in the context of his attempts to clarify the paradox of the Trinity-a single God comprising three distinct persons. Turcescu offe