{"product_id":"the-whole-mystery-of-christ-9780268203474","title":"The Whole Mystery of Christ","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA thoroughgoing examination of Maximus Confessor's singular theological vision through the prism of Christ's cosmic and historical Incarnation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJordan Daniel Wood changes the trajectory of patristic scholarship with this comprehensive historical and systematic study of one of the most creative and profound thinkers of the patristic era: Maximus Confessor (560662 CE). Wood''s panoramic vantage on Maximus's thought emulates the theological depth of Hans Urs von Balthasar's \u003cem\u003eCosmic Liturgy\u003c\/em\u003e while also serving as a corrective to that classic text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaximus''s theological vision may be summed up in his enigmatic assertion that the Word of God, very God, wills always and in all things to actualize the mystery of his Incarnation. \u003cem\u003eThe Whole Mystery of Christ\u003c\/em\u003e sets out to explicate this claim. Attentive to the various contexts in which Maximus thought and wroteincluding the wisdom of earlier church fathers, conciliar developments in Christological a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Whole Mystery of Christ\u003c\/em\u003e offers a brilliant interpretation . . . and both its novelty and its audacity will make for an intense and hopefully fruitful theological discussion in the years ahead. This book offers a new paradigm for Maximus scholarship and does it superbly well.” —Hans Boersma, author of \u003cem\u003eEmbodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wood’s contribution lies not simply in his own speculative audacity, but also in an unremitting willingness to take Maximus at his word without lazily assigning the most challenging formulations to hyperbole. Consequently, this book provides endlessly rich material for reflection and argument. Wood’s ingeniously original interpretation demonstrates that Maximus is still as revolutionary and enigmatic a Christian thinker now as he ever was, and that the real Maximus needs to be rescued from the sort of scholarship that has too often sought to tame his exorbitant genius.\" —David Bentley Hart, author of \u003ci\u003eYou Are Gods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jordan Wood makes a compelling case that creation is itself 'incarnation,' the radical identification of the Creator not just 'in' the creation or 'with' the creation but 'as' the creation. Wood skillfully analyzes key texts in drawing out the ramifications of this thesis for Maximus’s Christology, cosmology, and other aspects of his doctrine. \u003ci\u003eThe Whole Mystery of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e will certainly engage important new discussion of one of the most prolific thinkers of the Eastern Christian tradition.\" —Paul Blowers, author of \u003ci\u003eMaximus the Confessor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jordan Daniel Wood’s \u003cem\u003eThe Whole Mystery of Christ: Creation as Incarnation in Maximus the Confessor\u003c\/em\u003e sets out to free Maximus the Confessor from the captivity of scholarly discourses that have misperceived him.\" —\u003cem\u003eReading Religion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wood's tour de force asks the very valuable and interesting systematic questions so often missing in historical theology.\" —\u003cem\u003eModern Theology\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wood's Maximian vision should enrich contemporary constructive discussions about the relationship of God to a fallen world that has yet to become creation in its fullness.\" —\u003cem\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wood engages vigorously with much recent Maximian scholarship and offers a lively and distinctive contribution of his own.\"—\u003cem\u003eThe Heythrop Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The God-World Relation in Modern Maximus Scholarship\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Middle: Christo-Logic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Beginning: Word becomes World\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The End: World becomes Trinity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Whole: Creation as Christ\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: The Whole Mystery of Christ\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Analytic Appendix of Key Concepts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400761483607,"sku":"9780268203474","price":76.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780268203474.jpg?v=1730471501","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-whole-mystery-of-christ-9780268203474","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}