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Basil of Cæsarea (Transformation of the Classical Heritage): Volume 20 (Transformation of the Classical Heritage, 20, Band 20) - Softcover

Rousseau, Philip

 
9780520213814: Basil of Cæsarea (Transformation of the Classical Heritage): Volume 20 (Transformation of the Classical Heritage, 20, Band 20)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0520213815 ISBN 13: 9780520213814
Verlag: University of California Press, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

Basil of Caesarea is thought of most often as an opponent of heresy and a pioneer of monastic life in the eastern church. In this new biographical study, however, controversy is no longer seen as the central preoccupation of his life nor are his ascetic initiatives viewed as separable from his pastoral concern for all Christians. Basil's letters, sermons, and theological treatises, together with the testimonies of his relatives and friends, reveal a man beset by doubt. He demanded loyalty, but gave it also, and made it a central feature of his church. In Rousseau's portrait, Basil's understanding of human nature emerges as his major legacy.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Philip Rousseau is Associate Professor of History at the University of Auckland. He is the author of Pachomius: The Making of a Community in Fourth-Century Egypt (California, 1985).

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"In this new portrait of Basil of Caesarea, which will certainly win acceptance as the standard work in English, erudition does not blunt perceptiveness: we are brought close to the heart of a man who struggled to reconcile the high calling of his faith with the appalling demands that a fast-changing world imposed on its leaders. This book takes another long stride towards what all Rousseau's earlier work has aimed at—an undogmatic and sympathetic understanding of the fourth-century Church, and the presentation of its great spiritual leaders to new, often unsuspecting audiences."—Garth Fowden, National Hellenic Research Foundation

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"In this new portrait of Basil of Caesarea, which will certainly win acceptance as the standard work in English, erudition does not blunt perceptiveness: we are brought close to the heart of a man who struggled to reconcile the high calling of his faith with the appalling demands that a fast-changing world imposed on its leaders. This book takes another long stride towards what all Rousseau's earlier work has aimed at—an undogmatic and sympathetic understanding of the fourth-century Church, and the presentation of its great spiritual leaders to new, often unsuspecting audiences."—Garth Fowden, National Hellenic Research Foundation

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Verlag
University of California Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1998
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0520213815
ISBN 13 
9780520213814
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
432
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