summary:This article puts forward a new reading of Gregory of Nazianzus's long autobiographical poem On His Own Life (De vita sua). The poorly understood and depreciated aspects of this work—including the classicizing yet relatively exoteric meter, the recriminations against friends and colleagues, the historiographical detail, and the ambivalent assessment of Theodosius—are interpreted in the light of Gregory's distinctive poetics of the self. The querulous yet militant first-person speaker of On His Own Life is analyzed with the aid of Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of author-hero architectonics and juxtaposed with the partly analogous autobiographical projects of Libanius and Augustine.
This article argues that De Trinitate’s often neglected soteriological arc contains resources for a constructive and pastorally fruitful retrieval of Augustine’s theology of original sin. While De Trinitate presupposes the historical, causal, and hereditary dimensions of original sin elaborated in Augustine’s anti-Pela...
Anthony J. Scordino· Theological Studies· 0 citations
Ecofeminism provides an essential theoretical apparatus for dissecting the twin structures of oppression that link the subjugation of non-human nature with the marginalization of women within patriarchal systems. While literary historiography frequently canonizes William Wordsworth as the quintessential high priest of...
Mousumi Ghosh· International Journal For Mu...· 0 citations
The monk and theologian, Maximus the Confessor (580–662), made creative use of the Creed in several contexts. First, he demonstrated that Nicaea’s authoritative statement remained a dynamic source of theological development within the contemporary controversies of monophysitism, monoenergism, and monthelitism. Second,...
J. Gavin· Downside review : a quarterl...· 0 citations
This essay makes an effort to rescue a completely forgotten novella from a German writer, Wilhelm Schäfer (d. 1952), who was, horribly dictu, a strong advocate for the Nazis at least until 1945. While fully acknowledging the highly problematic political background of the author, the analysis focuses on the intriguing a...
Albrecht Classen· Athens Journal of Philology· 0 citations
The article examines a rare sixteenth-century exegesis by Marco Antonio Lovisino. His commentary, written in Latin and vernacular Italian, features nine unique woodcuts that illustrate various apocalyptic scenes from the prophecy of 2 Esdras. Delving into the woodcut imagery and history of printing offers insights into...
Caliesha Harris· Renaissance and Reformation...· 0 citations
T. S. Eliot enjoyed a profound relationship with Earth. Criticism of his work does not suggest that this exists in his poetic oeuvre. Writing into this gap, Etienne Terblanche demonstrates that Eliot presents Earth as a process in which humans immerse themselves. The Waste Land and Four Quartets in particular re-locate...
Etienne Terblanche· 0 citations
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