Partakers of the divine nature the history and development of deification in the Christian traditions

PrefaceIntroductionPart 1: The Context of Theosis in ChristianityThe Promise, Process, and Problem of Theosis--Michael J. ChristensenThe Place of Theosis in Orthodox Theology--Andrew LouthPart II: Theosis in Classical and Late AntiquityDeification of the Philosopher in Classical Greece--John R. LenzCan We Speak of Theosis in Paul?--Stephen FinlanDoes 2 Peter 1:4 Speak of Deification?--James StarrPart III: Theosis in Patristic ThoughtThe Strategic Adaptation of Deification in the Cappadocians--J. A. McGuckinRhetorical Application of Theosis in Greek Patristic Theology--Vladimir KharlamovDivinization as Perichoretic Embrace in Maximus the Confessor--Elena VishnevskayaParadise as the Landscape of Salvation in Ephrem the Syrian--Thomas BuchanPart IV: Theosis in Medieval and Reformation ThoughtThe Copto-Arabic Tradition of Theosis: A Eucharistic Reading of John 3:51-57 in Bulus al-Bushi's Treatise On the Incarnation--Stephen J. DavisSt. Anselm: Theoria and the Doctrinal Logic of Perfection--Nathan R. KerrMartin Luther: "Little Christ's for the World"; Faith and Sacraments as Means to Theosis--Jonathan LinmanJohn Calvin: United to God through Christ--J. Todd BillingsJohn Wesley: Christian Perfection as Faith Filled with the Energy of Love--Michael J. ChristensenPart V: Theosis in Modern ThoughtNeo-Palamism, Divinizing Grace, and the Breach between East and West--Jeffrey D. FinchSergius Bulgakov: Russian Theosis--Boris JakimKarl Rahner: Divinization in Roman Catholicism--Francis J. Caponi OSATheosis in Recent Research: A Renewal of Interest and a Need for Clarity--Gösta HallonstenResources on Theosis with Select Primary Sources in Translation--Jeffery A. Wittung