{"product_id":"the-christocentric-cosmology-of-st-maximus-the-confessor-9780199237142","title":"The Christocentric Cosmology of St Maximus the Confessor","description":"St. Maximus the Confessor (580-662), was a major Byzantine thinker, a theologian and philosopher. He developed a philosophical theology in which the doctrine of God, creation, the cosmic order, and salvation is integrated in a unified conception of reality. Christ, the divine Logos, is the\u003cbr\u003ecentre of the principles (the \u003cem\u003elogoi \u003c\/em\u003e) according to which the cosmos is created, and in accordance with which it shall convert to its divine source. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTorstein Tollefsen treats Maximus' thought from a philosophical point of view, and discusses similar thought patterns in pagan Neoplatonism. The study focuses on Maximus' doctrine of creation, in which he denies the possibility of eternal coexistence of uncreated divinity and created and limited\u003cbr\u003ebeing. Tollefsen shows that by the \u003cem\u003elogoi\u003c\/em\u003e God institutes an ordered cosmos in which separate entities of different species are ontologically interrelated, with man as the centre of the created world. The book also investigates Maximus' teaching of God's activities or energies, and shows how\u003cbr\u003eparticipation in these energies is conceived according to the divine principles of the logoi. An extensive discussion of the complex topic of participation is provided.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Torstein Tollefsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199237142\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39932124102771,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0c042f3d-7ce9-46d4-8883-31c392e9baae.jpg?v=1647790759","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-christocentric-cosmology-of-st-maximus-the-confessor-9780199237142","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}