Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I Irenaeus of Lyons: From Breath to Spirit
1: The Economy of God
2: The Human Formation
3: Human Growth
Part II Clement of Alexandria: Tiptoeing on the Earth
4: Anthropology
5: Rebirth and Christian Life
6: The Higher Christian Life: gnōsis, apatheia, agapē
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of Citations
General Index
John Behr is the Dean of St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological
Seminary and Professor of Patristics and Metropolitan Kallistos
Chair in Orthodox Theology at Vrije Universiteit. His previous
publications include Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and
Clement (2000) and Irenaeus of Lyons: Identifying Christianity
(OUP, 2013). He is also the co-editor of The Role of Life in Death:
A Multidisciplinary Examination of Issues pertaining to Life
and
Death (Wipf and Stock, 2015; with C. Cunningham).
`Behr's work is fascinating, particularly as his readings of
Irenaean texts concerning the complex question of the relationship
of soul, breath of life and the Holy Spirit differ significantly
from standard interpretations.'
Alvyn Pettersen, The Expository Times
`A provocative, gripping and well-crafted book. It is a brilliant
sample of English Patristic scholarship.'
Archaevs: Studies in History of Religion
`[T]he strength of the book lies in its simple and persuasive
rhetoric and argument, and bold engagement with some complex
issues'
Archaevs: Studies in History of Religion
`An important contribution to the growing literature on asceticism
in Early Christianity and it will certainly meet the expectations
of any patristic expert in either Irenaeus or Clement . . . will be
of great interest also for philosophers and theologians reading
ethics, and for historians of Late Antiquity.'
Archaevs: Studies in History of Religion
`[U}seful and learned . . . in the chapters on Irenaeus Behr has
cut a clear path through some notorious thickets.'
Dutch Review of Church History
`A very good work of patristic scholarship.'
Journal of Religious History
`Behr's work is fascinating, particularly as his readings of
Irenaean texts concerning the complex question of the relationship
of soul, breath of life and the Holy Spirit differ significantly
from standard interpretations.'
The Expository Times
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