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The Mind of Christ Stephen T. Pardue

The Mind of Christ By Stephen T. Pardue

The Mind of Christ by Stephen T. Pardue


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The Mind of Christ: Humility and the Intellect in Early Christian Theology by Stephen T. Pardue

This book brings a variety of theological resources to bear on the now widespread effort to put humility in its proper place. In recent years, an assortment of thinkers have offered competing evaluations of humility, so that its moral status is now more contentious than ever. Like all accounts of humility, the one advanced in this study has to do with the proper handling of human limits. What early Christian resources offer, and what discussions of the issue since the eighteenth century have often overlooked, is an account of the ways in which human limits are permeable, superable and open to modification because of the working of divine grace. This notion is especially relevant for a renewed vision of intellectual humility-the primary aim of the project-but the study will also suggest the significance of the argument for ameliorating contemporary concerns about humility's generally adverse effects.

The Mind of Christ Reviews

Stephen Pardue's treatment of humility is scripturally faithful, theologically profound, and spiritually nourishing. He treats this virtue in ways that honor both intellectual and ethical concerns. The book is clearly and beautifully written. Above all, it directs our focus consistently toward God's self-giving in Jesus Christ - toward that which ultimately defines our human dignity. -- Daniel J. Treier, PhD, Professor of Theology, Wheaton College, USA
Theology is a practice of both mind and heart; this is a theme that echoes through the Christian tradition. It is also, of course, a theme that we all too easily forget. In this fascinating and acute study Stephen Pardue shows how deeply the practice - and indeed life - of humility governed two of the most intellectually stimulating of our early Christian forebears, and he shows us this vision as a powerful evangelical call to our own practice today. -- Lewis Ayres, Professor of Catholic and Historical Theology, Durham University, UK
Pardue has an excellent sense of balance, interspersing obligatory surveys of the various fields addressed with sustained examinations of key figures and arguments. -- Nathan J Chambers, University of Durham, UK * Theological Book Review *

About Stephen T. Pardue

Stephen Pardue is Assistant Professor of Theology at the Asia Graduate School of Theology (Manila). He has published articles in Scottish Journal of Theology, International Journal of Systematic Theology, and Journal of Theological Interpretation.

Table of Contents

1. The Theological Value of the 'Forgotten' Virtue 2. In the Form of a Servant: Humility in Canonical Context 3. Humility and Acquaintance with God: Gregory of Nyssa and Early Christian Tradition 4. Kenosis and Its Discontents: Toward an Augustinian Account of Divine Humility 5. Christ and Curiositas: Intellectual Humility and the Transformation of Human Limits

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The Mind of Christ: Humility and the Intellect in Early Christian Theology by Stephen T. Pardue
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2015-02-26
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