Enlivening the Past : : An Asian Theologian’s Engagement with the Early Teachers of Faith / / J. Jayakiran Sebastian.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Sebastian, J. Jayakiran,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Précis Portfolios
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (191 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; 1. WHY SHOULD ASIAN THEOLOGIANS READ TEXTS OF THE EARLY TEACHERS OF FAITH? --; 2. PERMEATING ALL THINGS WITH DIVINITY–UNDERSTANDINGS OF JESUS IN THE SECOND CENTURY --; 3. MARTYRS AND HERETICS–WOMEN IN EARLY CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS --; 4. POVERTY AND PROSPERITY–LEARNING FROM THE EARLY CHURCH --; 5 THE WOUNDED BODY IN EARLY CHRISTIAN THOUGHT–IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CARE OF HIV/AIDS SURVIVORS --; 6. THE JOY OF ALMSGIVING–READING CYPRIAN TODAY --; 7. LISTENING TO THE SPEAKING BIBLE– INTERPRETING THE USE OF THE BIBLE IN A LETTER OF CYPRIAN --; 8. INTERROGATING FORGIVENESS–WHAT THE EARLY CHURCH CAN TEACH US --; 9. FACING ENVY–ON BEING ACCOMPANIED BY THE PAST IN HOPING TO MOVE FORWARD --; 10. ENDURING TO THE END– PERSECUTION, MARTYRDOM AND IDENTITY --; 11. CONTINUALLY REACHING BACK IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD --; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463216641; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463216641
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: J. Jayakiran Sebastian.

This collection of essays offers an innovative exploration by an Asian theologian on various issues and themes that engaged the early teachers of faith. It gives special focus to the ongoing relevance of these issues for Christian theological discourse and praxis today.