Patristics: Essays from Australia
A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2023) | Viewed by 2177
Special Issue Editor
Interests: the idea of historical recurrence in Western thought; religions in Melanesia and Oceania; retributive logic in comparative religion and changing societies; Biblical and Patristic studies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Patristics, or the Study of the Writings and Practices of the early Fathers and Mothers of the Christian Church (in the period running from after New Testament times up to the coming of Islam (ca. 100–700 CE/AD)) is an enormous and venerable subject for international research. Patristics has been mainly concerned with how the doctrines and the rites of the early Christian Church(es) were ironed out and how the challenges of false accusations, and of opinions other than those generally accepted, prompted the formulation of Creeds, theological schools, different liturgical patterns and mystic styles, as well as distinctive regional traditions. While the chief agenda for Patristics (or Patrology) remains firm, modern research has increasingly refined methodologies for engaging with it, both by thinkers intensely engaged with Christian faith and newer brands of scholars more affected by secular methodologies. Over recent centuries, many important studies have been carried out on the changing historical context in which ancient Christian authors of Late Antiquity operated, with the weakening of Rome in the West and the creation of Constantinople and the Eastern Byzantine Empire, or the vulnerability of Persia and the rise of Islam. More recently, fitting for our questioning times, issues have been raised about patriarchalism and gender relations, socio-religious conflict and its management, ties between Church and the State, etc. Over the last hundred years, Australian academics have been making important contributions to Patristics, and this volume is to consolidate their continued involvement.
Prof. Garry Trompf
Guest Editor
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